Son Nagar Junction is a railway station in Aurangabad district. It serves Barun and

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. It is located on the east bank of the

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and was earlier known as Son East Bank.

History

The Upper Soane Bridge, connecting Son Nagar and Dehri-on-Sone across the Son River, was completed in 1900. The bridge was then the longest bridge in India. Work on the

Grand Chord Grand Chord is part of the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line. It acts as a link between Sitarampur railway station, Sitarampur, (Asansol) (West Bengal) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction (Uttar Pradesh), previous ...

line of

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was completed in 1901. It was formally inaugurated in 1907. A branch line was opened from Son East Bank, as Son Nagar was then known, to

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in 1902.

Freight corridor

Son Nagar is expected to be connected with Ludhiana as part of the Eastern Corridor. The primary feeder routes for this will be from Son Nagar to Durgapur via Gomoh, Son Nagar to Tatanagar via Garhwa Road, and Barkakana to Bokaro via Chandrapura.

References

External links

Map of Son Nagar Junction

All train departures from Son Nagar Junction
Railway stations in India opened in 1902 Railway stations in Aurangabad district, Bihar Railway junction stations in Bihar Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division {{Bihar-railstation-stub