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{{Short description|Railway station in Jharkhand, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Barkakana Junction
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Barkakana Junction.jpg
| image_caption = Barkakana Junction railway station building
| address = [[Barkakana]], [[Ramgarh district]], [[Jharkhand]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.6242|85.4701|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|341|m|ft}}
| line = [[Barkakana–Son Nagar line]]<br/>[[Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line]]<br/>[[Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line]]<br/>[[Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line]]
| other = 
| structure = At Ground
| platform = 5
| tracks = 11
| parking = Available
| opened = 1927
| closed = 
| rebuilt = 
| electrified = 1996–97
| accessible = {{Access icon|20px}} Available
| code = {{Indian railway code
  | code     = BRKA
  | zone     = [[East Central Railway zone]]
  | division = {{rwd|Dhanbad}}
  }}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railways]]
| status = Functional
| former = Central India Coalfields Railway<br/>[[East Indian Railway Company|East Indian Railway]]
| passengers = 
| pass_year = 
| pass_percent = 
| pass_system = 
| map_type = India Jharkhand#India
| map_dot_label = Barkakana Junction railway station
| map_locator = 
}}
{{Gomoh–Barkakana line|collapse=y}}
{{Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana line|collapse=y}}

'''Barkakana Junction railway station''', (station code '''BRKA'''), serves [[Barkakana]] and the surrounding coal mining areas in [[Ramgarh district]] in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]]. It comes under  [[Dhanbad railway division|Dhanbad Division]] of [[East Central Railway zone]].

==History==
In 1927,  the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Gomoh–Barkakana line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later, these lines were amalgamated with [[East Indian Railway Company|East Indian Railway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm | title = Indian Railway History Timeline | access-date = 2008-08-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm | archive-date = 29 February 2012 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In the same year (1927), [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] opened the {{convert|116|km|mi|adj=on}} Muri–Barkakana section to traffic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |access-date=2012-11-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date= 1 April 2013 }}</ref> The 57&nbsp;km-long Hazaribagh–Barkakana section was opened for passenger trains on 7 December 2016 by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hazaribagh-barkakana-railway-line-opened-for-traffic-116120701202_1.html | title = Hazaribagh–Barkakana line opened for traffic | work= Business Standard|date=7 December 2016 |access-date = 30 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110119/jsp/jharkhand/story_13462613.jsp | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120911090804/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110119/jsp/jharkhand/story_13462613.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 11 September 2012 | title = Koderma-Hazaribagh-Ranchi railway line is now staring at a 2014 deadline | work= The Telegraph |date= 19 January 2011 | access-date = 2008-08-26 }}</ref>

==Electrification ==
Barkakana–Garhwa, Barkakana–Danea and Barkakana–Ramgarh sections were electrified in 1996–97.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-11-10 }}</ref>

==Facilities==

==Trains==
* [[Patna–Ranchi Vande Bharat Express]]
* [[Tatanagar–Patna Vande Bharat Express]] (one day in a week) 
* [[Ranchi–New Delhi Garib Rath Express]]
* [[Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express (via Barkakana)]]
* [[Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express]]
* [[Ranchi–Varanasi Express]]
* [[Ranchi–Chopan Express]]
* [[Shaktipunj Express]]
* [[Muri Express|Tatanagar–Jammu Tawi Express]]
* [[Sambalpur–Jammu Tawi Express]]
* [[Palamu Express]]
* [[Howrah–Bhopal Weekly Express]]
* [[Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express]]
* [[Kolkata–Madar Express]] (Weekly Express) 
* [[Ahmedabad–Kolkata Express]] (Weekly express) 
And many more express, passenger and intercity train run through this station.

==Nearest airports==
* [[Birsa Munda Airport]] (53 Km) 
* [[Bokaro Airport]] (85 Km) 
* [[Dhanbad Airport]] (130 Km) 
* [[Sonari Airport]] (167 Km)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=Indian Railways

|line1=South Eastern Railway zone|left1=Ramgarh Cantt|right1=|type1=Muri–Barkakana line

|line2=East Central Railway zone|left2=Argada|right2=|type2=[[Gomoh–Barkakana line]]

|line3=East Central Railway zone|left3=Argada|right3=|type3=[[Barkakana–Koderma section via Hazaribagh]]

|line4=East Central Railway zone|left4=Sidhwar|right4=|type4=[[Koderma–Ranchi section|Barkakana–Ranchi section under construction]]

|line5=East Central Railway zone|left5=Bhurkunda|right5=|type5=[[Barkakana–Sone Nagar section|Barkakana Sonnagar and Singrauli line]]
}}

{{Railway stations in Jharkhand}}
{{North Chotanagpur Division topics}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1927]]
[[Category:Dhanbad railway division]]
[[Category:Ramgarh district]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Ramgarh district]]