Grand Chord railway line

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rail corridor railway line

The Grand Chord railway line is a major high-capacity rail corridor in India that forms a crucial part of the Howrah–Delhi route, enabling faster passenger and freight movement across eastern and northern India.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Grand Chord line 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail corridor ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
administrativeZone East Central Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects Asansol Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dhanbad Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gomoh Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mughalsarai Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sonnagar NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructedBy East Indian Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ
endPoint Mughalsarai Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai route (via junctions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Howrah–Gaya–Delhi route NERFINISHED ⓘ
freightType coal ⓘ
general goods ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
steel ⓘ
gauge 5 ft 6 in broad gauge ⓘ
importance crucial part of Howrah–Delhi route ⓘ
major high-capacity rail corridor ⓘ
locatedIn Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
notableStation Asansol Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dhanbad Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gaya Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gomoh Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Koderma Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened 1906 ⓘ
operator Indian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner Indian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Howrah–Delhi main line NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Dhanbad coalfield region NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse freight traffic ⓘ
passenger traffic ⓘ
purpose enable faster freight movement ⓘ
enable faster passenger movement ⓘ
shorten distance between Howrah and Delhi ⓘ
regionServed eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
role busiest freight corridor in eastern India ⓘ
key link between Kolkata region and northern India ⓘ
startPoint Sonnagar NERFINISHED ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
trackConfiguration double line ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

present-day Chandauli → hasTransportInfrastructure → Grand Chord railway line ⓘ
subject surface form: Chandauli district
Dehri-on-Sone → railwayLine → Grand Chord railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Chord line