Hatia–Rourkela line
Rourkela railway station the starting station of Hatia–Rourkela line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Jharkhand, Odisha
Termini	Hatia Rourkela
Stations	25
Service
Type	Rail line
Services	1
Operator(s)	South Eastern Railway
History
Opened	1965 onwards
Technical
Track length	165 km
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	2001–02 with 25 kV AC overhead line
Route map km Tatanagar–Bilaspur section to Birmitrapur 165 Rourkela RSP Siding 159 Bondamunda to Barsuan 154 Bondamunda Link Cabin Tatanagar–Bilaspur section 149 Bangurkela Koel River 142 Bispur 136 Nuagaon Odisha Jharkhand Deo River 129 Orga 121 Parbatonia 114 Tati 106 Barbera 101 Kanaroan 94 Bano 86 Mahabuang 77 Kurkura South Koel River 69 Pakra 62 Pokla North Karo River 55 Bakaspur 49 Jariagarh 42 Govindpur Road 37 Kotlo 30 Karra 22 Bingaon 16 Lodhma to Piska (under construction) 7 Balasiring HECL siding 0 Hatia Ranchi–Tori line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line

The Hatia–Rourkela line is an Indian railway line connecting Hatia on the Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line in Jharkhand with Rourkela on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section in Odisha. This 165-kilometre (103 mi) track is under the jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway.

History

In 1907 Adra was connected to the Grand Chord at Gomoh with a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line.^[1] The construction of the 143 kilometres (89 mi)-long broad-gauge Chandrapura–Muri–Ranchi–Hatia line was started in 1957 and was completed in 1961. The construction of this line included the conversion of the narrow-gauge Kotshila–Ranchi line to broad gauge. The Ranchi–Hatia–Bondamunda section was opened in 1965.^[2][3]

Electrification

The electrification of Bondamunda Yard–Dumetra–Bangurkela link lines was done in 1998–99. The Bondamunda–Orga, Orga–Tati and Tati–Hatia sectors were electrified in 2001–02.^[4]

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