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Daltonganj Railway Station | |
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| Indian Railways | |
| General information | |
| Location | Medininagar, Palamu district, Jharkhand India |
| Coordinates | 24°20′57″N 84°20′10″E / 24.34917°N 84.33611°E |
| Elevation | 224.00 metres (734.91 ft) |
| Owned by | East Central Railway, Hajipur of the Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Indian Railways |
| Line(s) | Barkakana-Son Nagar line |
| Platforms | 3+1 |
| Tracks | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | In development |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functional |
| Station code | DTO |
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway |
| Division(s) | Dhanbad |
| History | |
| Electrified | Double electrified 1992 |
| Previous names | East Indian Railway |
| Passengers | |
| about 27,000per day | |
Daltonganj railway station, station code DTO, is a railway station serving the cities of Medininagar and Palamu in Palamu district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Daltonganj station is also the headquarters of the Palamu division of the East Central Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. It is also a major station on the CIC route and will be a primary hub on the Ranchi–New Delhi route after the opening of the Ranchi–Tori rail line. Major trains such as the Ranchi Rajdhani Express, Muri Express, Sambalpur–Varanasi Express, Palamu Express, Ranchi–Varanasi Express, Ranchi–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, Triveni Express, Ahmedabad Kolkata Express, Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express, Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express, and Shaktipunj Express also stop here.
Daltonganj has trains running frequently to Ranchi, Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, and Patna.