Daltonganj railway station

Daltonganj Railway Station
Daltonganj railway station entry gate
General information
LocationMedininagar, Palamu district, Jharkhand
India
Coordinates24°02′00″N 86°04′28″E / 24.03329°N 86.07452°E / 24.03329; 86.07452
Elevation224.00 metres (734.91 ft)
System Indian Railways station
Owned byEast Central Railway
Operated byIndian Railways
LineBarkakana-Son Nagar line
Platforms3+1
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeIn development
Parking Available
Accessible Available
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeDTO
Zone(s) East Central Railway
Division(s) Dhanbad
ClassificationNSG‑4
History
ElectrifiedDouble electrified 1992
Previous namesEast Indian Railway
Passengers
27,000 per day
Location
Daltonganj railway station
Location in Jharkhand
Daltonganj railway station
Location in India
Interactive map

Daltonganj railway station (station code: DTO) is a railway station serving the cities of Medininagar and Palamu in Palamu district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the headquarters of the Palamu division of the East Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Daltonganj is a major station on the CIC route and will be a primary hub on the Ranchi–New Delhi route after the opening of the Ranchi–Tori rail line. Major trains such as the Ranchi Rajdhani Express, Muri Express, Sambalpur–Varanasi Express, Palamu Express, Ranchi–Varanasi Express, Ranchi–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, Triveni Express, Ahmedabad Kolkata Express, Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express, Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express, and Shaktipunj Express also stop here.

Daltonganj has trains running frequently to Ranchi, Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, and Patna.