Madhupur Junction railway station

Madhupur Junction railway station (station code: MDP) is a railway station serving the town of Madhupur in the Deoghar district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It falls under the jurisdiction of Asansol railway division of Eastern Railway and connects Madhupur and surrounding areas to several major metropolitan cities across India. The station lies on the Howrah–Delhi main line via the Asansol–Patna section and also serves the Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line, which is a single broad-gauge route spanning 137 kilometres (85 mi). The station has four platforms and handles multiple categories of daily services, from EMU and passenger trains to express and superfast trains.

Administration Madhupur Junction is administered by the Asansol railway division of the Eastern Railway zone (ER) of Indian Railways. The station falls under the operational jurisdiction of the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Asansol.

Facilities The station has been redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, with significant upgrades to passenger amenities and infrastructure.

The major facilities available include waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, reservation counters, and two-wheeler and four-wheeler parking. Vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has toilets, refreshment rooms, tea stalls and book stalls.

Following redevelopment, the station has been equipped with modern amenities including lifts and escalators for improved accessibility, a new foot overbridge and air-conditioned retiring rooms for passengers. A new booking complex with modern ticketing counters has been developed, along with improved signage systems and passenger information displays. Circulating areas have been expanded with better traffic management and parking facilities.

Platform infrastructure has been upgraded with improved shelters, renovation works and enhanced lighting and electrical fittings. The station also includes a washing pit for maintenance and cleaning of coaches. Additional improvements include modernized station buildings and improved passenger movement facilities such as foot overbridges.

Platforms There are four platforms. One is on the terminal line from and on the Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line and is used exclusively for the trains from Koderma & Giridih. The platforms are connected by two foot overbridges, and can now be accessed via stairs, slopes for trolleys, as well as escalators and lifts.

Station layout GTicket counterStreet levelExit/EntranceTrack 1 Slip lineTrack 2 towards → Giridih & Koderma Jn.PF 1 Island platformPF 2FOB, Side platformTrack 3Chittaranjan ← towards → JasidihTrack 4for freight trainsTrack 5 Chittaranjan ← towards → JasidihPF 3FOB, Island platformPF 4Island platformTrack 6Chittaranjan ← towards → JasidihTrack 7for freight trains

Trains Majority of the trains stops at Madhupur Junction which runs on Asansol–Patna section of the Howrah–Delhi main line including premium trains such as Rajdhani Express.

Following are the dedicated trains starting from Madhupur running on the Howrah–Delhi main line: S. No. Train no. Train name Zonal Railway 1 12235 Madhupur–Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express NR 2 22459 Baba Baidyanathdham Deoghar Humsafar Express NR 3 22465 Baba Baidyanathdham Deoghar Superfast Express NR

Following are the trains to/from Madhupur running on the Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line:

S. No. Train no. Train name Zonal Railway 1 53511 Madhupur–Giridih Passenger ER 2 53512 Giridih–Madhupur Passenger ER 3 53513 Madhupur–Giridih Passenger ER 4 53514 Giridih–Madhupur Passenger ER 5 53515 Madhupur–Giridih Passenger ER 6 53516 Giridih–Madhupur Passenger ER 7 53517 Madhupur–Giridih Passenger ER 8 53518 Giridih–Madhupur Passenger ER 9 53519 Madhupur–Giridih Passenger ER 10 53520 Giridih–Madhupur Passenger ER 11 53369 Madhupur–Koderma Passenger ECR 12 53370 Koderma–Madhupur Passenger ECR

Further expansion The Ministry of Railways sanctioned a final location survey for the 7.54 km long Madhupur bypass line in February 2020, aimed at enabling trains from to reach Giridih and without loco reversal at Madhupur Junction, thereby avoiding delays of over 30 minutes. The estimated cost of the project is ₹140 crore. The foundation stone for the bypass line was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 September 2024 via video conferencing from Ranchi, as part of a programme inaugurating multiple railway projects worth in Jharkhand. Once completed, the bypass is expected to reduce train detention on the Howrah–Delhi mainline and shorten travel time between Giridih and Jasidih.

Further extension As of the latest available information, no further extension beyond the currently proposed bypass alignment has been officially sanctioned.

Nearest airports The nearest airports to Madhupur Junction are:

Deoghar Airport, Jharkhand – Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, Durgapur – Gaya Airport, Bihar – Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi – Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata –

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