Railways to upgrade century-old Dhanbad Junction under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
Kartavya Desk Staff
Dhanbad Junction railway station latest news: The Ministry of Railways has planned to modernise century-old Dhanbad Junction station under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS). It is one of the important stations on the Delhi-Howrah rail route. The station falls under the administrative control of Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway (ECR) zone.
About Dhanbad Junction railway station
At present, the average daily footfall at Dhanbad Junction railway station is around 53,000 passengers. To cater to this passenger load, Dhanbad Junction is equipped with multiple facilities, including 15 lines, 8 platforms, waiting halls, foot overbridges (FOBs), lifts, drinking water arrangements, water booths and sanitation amenities such as urinals and lavatories.
According to the Railways, the washing pit-line facilities at Dhanbad Junction (four pit lines), Barkakana Junction (one pit line), and Gomoh Junction (one pit line) are sufficient to meet the current requirements of trains operating in and around Dhanbad.
Apart from these, the works of widening of platform number 8 and extension of FOB from platform number 6/7 to platform number 8 have been taken up.
Redevelopment of Dhanbad Junction under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
Dhanbad Junction railway station has been identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. According to the Railways, Dhanbad Junction is currently in the master planning stage. The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:
• Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
• Integration of station with both sides of city
• Improvement of station building
• Improvement of waiting halls, toilets, sitting arrangement, water booths
• Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic
• Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
• Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms
• Provision of kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station One Product’
• Parking areas, Multimodal integration
• Amenities for Divyangjans
• Better passenger information systems
• Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping, etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station.
Full list of trains to/from Dhanbad railway station
Presently, Dhanbad Junction railway station is being served by 146 train services. Check full list
Trains Serving Dhanbad Junction Railway StationSource: Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 5362 · 25th March 2026 · Ministry of Railways
| Train No. | Train Name
1 | 12019 | Howrah – Ranchi Shatabdi Express
2 | 12020 | Ranchi – Howrah Shatabdi Express
3 | 12259 | Sealdah – Bikaner Duronto Express
4 | 12260 | Bikaner – Sealdah Duronto Express
5 | 12301 | Howrah – New Delhi Rajdhani Express
6 | 12302 | New Delhi – Howrah Rajdhani Express
7 | 12313 | Sealdah – New Delhi Rajdhani Express
8 | 12314 | New Delhi – Sealdah Rajdhani Express
9 | 22303 | Howrah – Gaya Vande Bharat Express
10 | 22304 | Gaya – Howrah Vande Bharat Express
| Train No. | Train Name
1 | 13065 | Howrah – Anand Vihar (T) Amrit Bharat
2 | 13066 | Anand Vihar (T) – Howrah Amrit Bharat
| Train No. | Train Name
1 | 11045 | Kolhapur – Dhanbad Express
2 | 11046 | Dhanbad – Kolhapur Express
3 | 11447 | Jabalpur – Howrah Express
4 | 11448 | Howrah – Jabalpur Express
5 | 11631 | Bhopal – Dhanbad Express
6 | 11632 | Dhanbad – Bhopal Express
7 | 12175 | Howrah – Gwalior Express
8 | 12176 | Gwalior – Howrah Express
9 | 12177 | Howrah – Mathura Express
10 | 12178 | Mathura – Howrah Express
11 | 12307 | Howrah – Jodhpur Express
12 | 12308 | Jodhpur – Howrah Express
13 | 12311 | Howrah – Kalka Express
14 | 12312 | Kalka – Howrah Express
15 | 12319 | Kolkata – Gwalior Express
16 | 12320 | Gwalior – Kolkata Express
17 | 12321 | Howrah – CSMT (Mumbai) Express
18 | 12322 | CSMT (Mumbai) – Howrah Express
19 | 12323 | Howrah – Barmer Express
20 | 12324 | Barmer – Howrah Express
21 | 12329 | Sealdah – Anand Vihar (T) Express
22 | 12330 | Anand Vihar (T) – Sealdah Express
23 | 12339 | Howrah – Dhanbad Express
24 | 12340 | Dhanbad – Howrah Express
25 | 12353 | Howrah – Lalkua Express
26 | 12354 | Lalkua – Howrah Express
27 | 12357 | Kolkata – Amritsar Express
28 | 12358 | Amritsar – Kolkata Express
29 | 12371 | Howrah – Bikaner Express
30 | 12372 | Bikaner – Howrah Express
31 | 12379 | Sealdah – Amritsar Express
32 | 12380 | Amritsar – Sealdah Express
33 | 12381 | Howrah – New Delhi Express
34 | 12382 | New Delhi – Howrah Express
35 | 12495 | Bikaner – Kolkata Express
36 | 12496 | Kolkata – Bikaner Express
37 | 12937 | Gandhidham – Howrah Express
38 | 12938 | Howrah – Gandhidham Express
39 | 12941 | Bhavnagar (T) – Asansol Express
40 | 12942 | Asansol – Bhavnagar (T) Express
41 | 12987 | Sealdah – Ajmer Express
42 | 12988 | Ajmer – Sealdah Express
43 | 13009 | Howrah – Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express
44 | 13010 | Yog Nagari Rishikesh – Howrah Express
45 | 13025 | Howrah – Bhopal Express
46 | 13026 | Bhopal – Howrah Express
47 | 13151 | Kolkata – Jammu Tawi Express
48 | 13152 | Jammu Tawi – Kolkata Express
49 | 13167 | Kolkata – Agra Cantt. Express
50 | 13168 | Agra Cantt. – Kolkata Express
51 | 13301 | Dhanbad – Adityapur Express
52 | 13302 | Adityapur – Dhanbad Express
53 | 13303 | Dhanbad – Ranchi Express
54 | 13304 | Ranchi – Dhanbad Express
55 | 13305 | Dhanbad – Sasaram Express
56 | 13306 | Sasaram – Dhanbad Express
57 | 13307 | Dhanbad – Firozpur Cantt. Express
58 | 13308 | Firozpur Cantt. – Dhanbad Express
59 | 13319 | Dumka – Ranchi Express
60 | 13320 | Ranchi – Dumka Express
61 | 13329 | Dhanbad – Patna Express
62 | 13330 | Patna – Dhanbad Express
63 | 13331 | Dhanbad – Patna Express
64 | 13332 | Patna – Dhanbad Express
65 | 13351 | Dhanbad – Alappuzha Express
66 | 13352 | Alappuzha – Dhanbad Express
67 | 13403 | Ranchi – Bhagalpur Express
68 | 13404 | Bhagalpur – Ranchi Express
69 | 13425 | Malda Town – Surat Express
70 | 13426 | Surat – Malda Town Express
71 | 13503 | Bardhaman – Hatia Express
72 | 13504 | Hatia – Bardhaman Express
73 | 13545 | Asansol – Gaya Express
74 | 13546 | Gaya – Asansol Express
75 | 13553 | Asansol – Varanasi Express
76 | 13554 | Varanasi – Asansol Express
77 | 15027 | Sambalpur – Gorakhpur Express
78 | 15028 | Gorakhpur – Sambalpur Express
79 | 15661 | Ranchi – Kamakhya Express
80 | 15662 | Kamakhya – Ranchi Express
81 | 17005 | Hyderabad – Raxaul Express
82 | 17006 | Raxaul – Hyderabad Express
83 | 17007 | Charlapalli – Darbhanga Express
84 | 17008 | Darbhanga – Charlapalli Express
85 | 17321 | Vasco Da Gama – Jasidih Express
86 | 17322 | Jasidih – Vasco Da Gama Express
87 | 18019 | Jhargram – Dhanbad Express
88 | 18020 | Dhanbad – Jhargram Express
89 | 18105 | Rourkela – Jaynagar Express
90 | 18106 | Jaynagar – Rourkela Express
91 | 18119 | Tatanagar – Jaynagar Express
92 | 18120 | Jaynagar – Tatanagar Express
93 | 18185 | Tatanagar – Godda Express
94 | 18186 | Godda – Tatanagar Express
95 | 18603 | Ranchi – Godda Express
96 | 18604 | Godda – Ranchi Express
97 | 18619 | Ranchi – Godda Express
98 | 18620 | Godda – Ranchi Express
99 | 18621 | Patna – Hatia Express
100 | 18622 | Hatia – Patna Express
101 | 18629 | Ranchi – Gorakhpur Express
102 | 18630 | Gorakhpur – Ranchi Express
103 | 19413 | Ahmedabad – Kolkata Express
104 | 19414 | Kolkata – Ahmedabad Express
105 | 19607 | Kolkata – Madar Express
106 | 19608 | Madar – Kolkata Express
107 | 20975 | Howrah – Agra Cantt. Express
108 | 20976 | Agra Cantt. – Howrah Express
109 | 22307 | Howrah – Bikaner Express
110 | 22308 | Bikaner – Howrah Express
111 | 22317 | Sealdah – Jammu Tawi Express
112 | 22318 | Jammu Tawi – Sealdah Express
113 | 22323 | Kolkata – Ghazipur City Express
114 | 22324 | Ghazipur City – Kolkata Express
115 | 22387 | Howrah – Dhanbad Express
116 | 22388 | Dhanbad – Howrah Express
117 | 22911 | Indore – Howrah Express
118 | 22912 | Howrah – Indore Express
| Train No. | Train Name
1 | 53323 | Sindri Town – Dhanbad Passenger
2 | 53324 | Dhanbad – Sindri Town Passenger
3 | 53327 | Sindri Town – NSCB Gomoh Passenger
4 | 53328 | NSCB Gomoh – Sindri Town Passenger
5 | 53333 | Sindri Town – Dhanbad Passenger
6 | 53334 | Dhanbad – Sindri Town Passenger
7 | 53339 | Chandrapura – Dhanbad Passenger
8 | 53340 | Dhanbad – Chandrapura Passenger
| Train No. | Train Name
1 | 63541 | Asansol – NSCB Gomoh MEMU
2 | 63542 | NSCB Gomoh – Asansol MEMU
3 | 63543 | Asansol – NSCB Gomoh MEMU
4 | 63544 | NSCB Gomoh – Asansol MEMU
5 | 63555 | Asansol – Barkakana MEMU
6 | 63556 | Barkakana – Asansol MEMU
7 | 68087 | Bishnupur – Dhanbad MEMU
8 | 68088 | Dhanbad – Bankura MEMU
Anish Mondal is a journalist with over nine years of experience covering the railways and roadways. Currently a member of the Indianexpress.com editorial team, Anish specializes in high-impact sectors. Professional Journey Anish began his career at the public broadcaster Rajya Sabha Television (now Sansad TV), where he developed a foundational understanding of legislative processes and national governance. In 2018, he transitioned to digital financial journalism at FinancialExpress.com, spending nearly six years refining his expertise in market trends and corporate reporting. Before joining The Indian Express in 2025, he served as a key contributor at ETNowNews.com. Education & Expertise Anish’s reporting is backed by a rigorous academic background in communication and the humanities: Master of Journalism and Mass Communication (MJMC) – Apeejay Stya University Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Production (PGTVRJP) – Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication Bachelor of Arts (English Honours) – University of Calcutta Areas of Coverage Connectivity: Detailed reporting on the expansion of Indian Railways and National Highway networks. ... Read More
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