Trains On The Route
At one time in the 70's it was said that a goods train passes by every 20 minutes on the Grand Chord line. Now it has been reduced to between 5 minutes making it one of the busiest routes in India. More than 50 mail/express trains use this shorter route apart from 2 dozens of Passengers Trains.
Some Important Trains are-
- The Royal Maharaja Express
- Howrah Rajdhani Express
- Sealdah Rajdhani Express
- Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (via. Bokaro, Tatanagar)
- Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (via. Adra)
- Ranchi Rajdhani Express (Via. Bokaro, Gaya)
- Ranchi Rajdhani Express (Via. Daltongunj)
- Howrah - Ranchi Shatabdi Express (Via. Bokaro, Dhanbad)
- Howrah - New Delhi Duronto Express
- New Delhi - Bhubneswar Duronto Express
- New Delhi - Ranchi Garib Rath Express
- New Delhi - Howrah Yuva Express
- West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express
- Orissa Sampark Kranti Express
- Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express
- Anand Vihar - Sasaram Garib Rath Express
- Howrah - Jodhpur Express
- Ajmer - Sealdah Express
- Howrah - Amritsar Express
- Kalka Mail
- Poorva Express
- Howrah - Gandhidham Express
- Howrah - Bikaner Express
- Purushottam Express
- Parasnath Express
- Chambal Express
- New Delhi - Howrah Express
- Shipra Express
- Jharkhand Swarn Jayanti Express (Via. Bokaro)
- Mahabodhi Express
- Dhanbad - Kolhapur Dikshabhumi Express
- Sealdah - New Delhi Duronto Express
- Gaya - Chennai Express
- Howrah - Bhopal Express
- Doon Express
- Neelanchal Express (Via. Bokaro)
- Neelanchal Express (Via. Adra)
- Patna - Hatia Express
- Sarnath Express
- Shalimar - Gorakhpur Express
- Garba Express
- Pratap Express
- Black Diamond Express
- Coalfield Express
- Patna - Ranchi Jansatabdi Express
- Patna - Kota Express (via Faizabad)
- Patna - Kota Express (via Sultanpur)
- Jalianwala Express
- Mumbai Mail
- Jaipur - Howrah Express
- Ganga - Damodar Express
- Ganga - Sutlej Express
- Garib Nawaz Express
- Howrah - Ranchi Intercity Express
- Patna - Dhanbad Intercity Express
- Gaya - Dhanbad Intercity Express
- Dehri - Patna Intercity Express
- Ranchi - Howrah Express
- Ranchi - Varanasi Intercity Express
- Ranchi - Kamakhya Express
- Shaktipunj Express
- Howrah - Jabalpur Express
- Howrah - Amritsar Express
- Anand Vihar - Haldia Exp ress
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