Title - Koderma station gets facelift worth Rs 8 crore

HAZARIBAG: Koderma railway station of East Central Railway has been designated as one of the major railway junctions of the zone. After inspecting the new three-storeyed building of the station along with an overbridge on Monday, Varun Bhartuar, the general manager of the East Central Railway, said both were constructed at a cost of Rs 8 crore. "With this Koderma junction will have all modern amenities like other major railway junctions in the country," he said . "Once it is completed in two-three months, it will start functioning as new junction. A passenger train between Koderma and Nawadih on the Koderma-Giridih route will start running which will link the two important mica belts Koderma and Giridih, he said.

The GM said Koderma's rake point would be shifted to newly constructed Pipradih Station on the Koderma-Hazaribag section of the Koderma-Hazaribag-Barkakana-Ran-chi railway line which is currently under construction.

It is expected that by the end of this year the Koderma-Hazaribag phase of the railway line would be completed. The shifting of the rake point from the Jhumri-Telaiya town to Pipradih will provide considerable relief to the people.

The special amenities provided to new look Koderma junction includes station master's office,VIP waiting room for all the passengers, Special ticket Reservation counters for both-the upper classes and general classes, food plaza and railway canteens. He directed the railway authorities to expedite the work for existing railway platforms and provide drinking water facilities as early as possible. The people of the region presented an memorandum to the general manager demanding halt at Koderma for trains like Howrah-Gasndhidham Superfast Express, Kolkata-Amritsar Superfast Express, Sealdah-Amritsar Superfast Express and Shalimar-Gorakhpur Express which pass through Koderma Station.