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                                   OPERATING DEPARTMENT


 1.0  ORGANISATION CHART


                            Manish Shaurabh

                                                                 Sr. DOM

                                         

                                ( N K Verma )                                                                                                     DOM                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                         

        (Vacant)                ( Vacant )                R. R. Sahay             R.S. Mahto 

       AOM (Plg)              AOM/Chg                   AO/BJU                    AO/MFP

                                

  2.0    INTRODUCTION :

2.1     Route KMs                                :        556.01

2.2     Crossing Stations                     :      70 (Excl. SPJ)

2.3     Halt/Flag                                  :      28

2.4     Spl class                                  :       01 (Deoria)

2.4     Signaling & Interlocking           :      Standard Interlocking II®

2.5     IBH in division                         :      Bet. BJU-TGA, BCA-TGA, MNE-MSK,                                                                                  DGA-BAGL, PSR- NNR, KIR-SMO & BCA-VPDA.

2.6     No. of Goods Shed                 :         15

2.7     Industrial/Private Siding          :         06


3.0    GENERAL INFORMATION :-

Type of Station

No. of Stations

Crossing Station :

70 (Excluding Samastipur)

Flag/Halt :

28

Total  :

98 (Excluding Samastipur)

                3.1  Classification of Station in Sonpur Division:

Category of stations

Name of stations

NSG 1 - 00

---

NSG 2 - 01

MFP

NSG 3 - 04

SEE, HJP, BJU, KGG

NSG 4 - 03

BGS, MNE, NNA

NSG 5 - 19

DGA, DES, MNO, SPP, MOG, GRL, DOL, KRBP, DSS, BCA, LKN, SKJ, MSK, PSR, NNR, THB, KUE, CRR, SMO

NSG 6 - 45

GJH, BAGL, ATNR, STLR, NYO, PMU, PHLG, CKRD, AYRN, CSR, BDUA, SDG, NNNL, VPDA, GWH, VSHI, LLJP, HUFP, SAI, BTHL, BNR, KHI, TUR, RD, NRPA, SLT, SSO, DUBH, KPGM, UJP, NAZJ, STJT, TGA, BUJ, NBJU, DKGS, TIL, DPL, LAK, UMNR, SBDP, GAI, KHQ, KTRH, BKHR

The division caters the need of NF region and North Bihar. There are 15 nos. Rake handling siding and 08 nos Private sidings. The details are as under :-

3.2    Goods Shed over division :-

Name of Goods shed

Lines and their handling capacity 

Traffic dealt with

Inward

Outward

Narayanpur Anant

L/15 – Half rake, 

L/18, L/19 & 21 - Full rake

Stone Chips, Salt, Fertilizer, Coal, Food Grain, Clinker & Sand

--

Karpurigram

L/5 – Full rake ,

L/6 & 07 -  Half rake

Cement, Salt, Fertilizer & Stone chips

--

Barauni

L/ 27 & 28 – Half rake

Cement, S/Chips, Food Grain & Fertilizer

C. P. Coke

Khagaria

L/6 – Full Rake

Stone Chips, Cement, Salt, Food Grain & Fertilizer

Maize

Naugachhia

L/5 – Full Rake

Cement, Salt, Food Grain & Fertilizer

Maize

Sarai

L/5 & 6 – Full Rake

Cement, Fertilizer, Stone chips, Salt, Food Grain & Tractor

---

Harauli Fatehpur

L/3 – Full Rake

Stone chips

---

Semapur

L/6 – Full Rake

--

Maize

Kursela

L/5 – Half rake

--

Maize

Mansi

L/7 – Full Rake

Cement

Maize

Nayagaon

L/6 – Full rake

Boulder, Stone Chips and Ballast.

---

Garhara

S-2, S-6 & Jumbo – Full rake (BOXN -58)

RPC (Raw petroleum coke), Stone & Ballast

---

Tilrath

L/6- Full Rake

Cement, Fertilizer, Food Grain & Bitumen

Maize

Akshayvatrai Nagar

L/5 – Full rake

Stone Chips

---

Katareah

L/5 – Full rake

---

Maize



3.3    Private Sidings:-

Name of siding

No. of lines and its Holding capacity

Commodities dealt with

Inward

Outward

Bihar Thermal Power Station, Simaria.

06 lines

Full rake

Coal

Fly Ash

Indian Oil Corporation, Barauni.

06 lines

Half  Rake

POL

POL & RP Coke

PSC sleeper siding, Sarai

L/6

Full rake

---

Sleepers

BPCL Private Siding, Narayanpur Anant.

01 line

Full rake

POL

---

FCI siding at Narayanpur Anant

04 lines

(Full rake placement including all lines

Food Grain

---

HURL siding at Garhara

02 lines

Full rake

--

Fertilizer

Adani FCI siding at KRBP

01 line

Full rake

Food Grain

--

LAGP FCI siding at PSR

01 line

Full rake

Food Grain

--

3.4     Line capacity utilization of various sections (2023-24) :-


 Section

DL/SL/ TSL

Charted capacity each way

Average train services each way daily

%age utilization of charted capacity

Without MB

With MB 

Without MB

With MB

Chapra Gramin – Sonpur

DL

54

45

51.00

94.44

113.33

Parmanandpur -Pahleja Ghat

SL

28

23

06.00

21.43

26.09

Pahleja Ghat - Sonpur

SL

30

25

23.00

76.67

92.00

Sonpur – Hajipur

DL

54

45

70.00

129.63

155.56

Hajipur - Muzaffarpur

DL

51

43

43.00

84.31

101.18

Muzaffarpur – Samastipur

DL

52

43

51.50

99.04

118.85

Samastipur – Bachhwara

DL

52

43

45.00

86.54

103.85

Bachhwara – Barauni

DL

54

45

69.00

127.78

153.33

Barauni – Dinkar Gram Semaria

TSL

46

38

43.00

93.48

112.17

Sahebpur Kamal-Sabdalpur

SL

30

25

13.00

43.33

52.00

Sabdalpur – Umeshnagar

SL

30

25

10.50

35.00

42.00

Barauni – Khagaria

DL

51

43

53.50

104.90

125.88

Khagaria – Mansi

DL

52

43

59.00

113.46

136.15

Mansi – Koshi Block Hut

DL

51

43

40.00

78.43

94.12

Koshi Block Hut – Kursela

TSL

50

42

40.00

80.00

96.00

Kursela – Katihar

DL

49

41

40.00

81.63

97.96

Bachhwara– Hajipur

DL

46

38

31.00

67.39

80.87

                                                 

                                            OPERATING PERFORMANCE:

4.0  Coaching performance:-

4.1     Nos. of Coaching Trains running in Sonpur Division (In pairs)

Trains

Total Trains

Daily

Non-Daily

Mail/Exp.

140

40

100

Pass.

38

38

00

TOD

27

06

21

Total :

205

84

121

Type of trains

Number (in pair)

Vande Bharat

02

Namo Bharat

01

Amrit Bharat

01

Rajdhani

03

Garib Rath

03

Superfast

20

M/Exp

110

TOD

27

Passenger

38

Total

205


                                                                                  
          Number of Trains Originate/Terminate :

To/From Station

Number (in pairs)

Mail/Express

Passenger

Barauni

8

8

Muzaffarpur

13

8

Sonpur

0

8

Tilrath

0

2

Khagaria

0

1

Mansi

0

1

Deoria

0

2

Total

21

30

             

4.2      Comparative Punctuality Performance (M/Exp trains) :-


Month

2024-25

2025-26

% age variation

April

86.63

89.65

3.02

May

90.99

   82.38

     - 8.61

June

89.40

   85.25

     - 4.15 

July

90.04

   84.63

     - 5.41 

August

86.40

   

       

September

87.19

   

        

October

87.89

   

     

November

68.99

   

    

December

87.38

   

     

January

86.08

   

      

February

90.29

   

      

March

89.62

   

      

Overall

86.69

   

     

   

    Running of Special trains :-

    During 2025-26 (up to July'25), 3375 special trains run in comparison to 2461 special trains of last year.

 

Up to July

% variation

 

2024-25

2025-26

 

No. of Special Trains

2461

3375

        37.14

 

   5.0     Goods performance:-

5.1     Goods performance in comparison to corresponding period of last    

           financial year.


Items

2024-25

(up to July)

2025-26

(up to July)

       % Variation

Achieve-ment

Target

Achieve-ment

With

Target

with

L.Y.

Loading (MT)

1.456

1.41
1.294-8.33-11.11

POL (MT)

0.521

0.570.5720.439.98

General Goods Incl. Maize (MT)

0.936

0.840.722-14.26-22.85

Wagon Interchange

899297

---856795---- 4.73

Freight Train Interchange

19565

---18731---- 4.26

WTR

1.21

---1.57--29.75

Wagon Holding

3389

---4041--19.25

Diesel Utilization

292.06

---287.96--- 1.40

Diesel outage

28.05

---29.09--3.71

Electric utilization

256.3

---229.2---10.58

Electric outage

72.04

---88.99---23.53


5.2   Point wise interchange figures :-  


INTERCHANGE PERFORMANCE

DIV.

2024-25 up to July

2025-26 up to July

% Variation w.r.t LY

I/C

Avg./Day

I/C

Avg./Day

TO

MO

TOTAL

TO

MO

TOTAL

BSB

CHPG

11

15

26

CHPG

13

15

28

7.87

DNR

DKGS

16

11

27

DKGS

17

12

29

8.43

DNR

PHLG

5

4

9

PHLG

4

4

8

-5.03

KIR

KIR

13

15

28

KIR

14

15

29

-0.57

MLDT

MGR

11

8

19

MGR

9

7

16

-15.96

SPJ

KGG

5

4

9

KGG

2

5

7

-18.01

SPJ

KVC

6

6

12

KVC

4

7

11

-5.97

SPJ

MFP

3

5

8

MFP

4

5

9

11.79

SPJ

MNE

4

3

7

MNE

2

2

4

-46.36

SPJ

SPJ

6

8

14

SPJ

7

5

12

-18.64

 

TOTAL

80

79

159

TOTAL

76

77

153

-4.26


5.3   Inward rakes comparative figures :-


Terminal

Nos. of rake in 2024-25

Nos. of rake in 2025-26

%age variation

(up to July)

(up to July)

NNA

92

96

4.3

KGG

70

77

10.0

BJU

57

46

-19.3

GHZ

92

34

-63.0

KPGM

169

165

-2.4

NRPA

372

383

3.0

SAI

156

168

7.7

NYO

56

61

8.9

IORG

40

37

-7.5

BTSS

232

180

-22.4

TIL

103

105

1.9

HUFP

59

50

-15.3

AYRN

13

30

130.8

MNE

10

01

-90.00

KUE

0

6

100.0

AAGK

14

0

-100.00

LAGP

0

9

100.0

Total

1535

1448

-5.7


5.4   Outward rakes comparative figures :-


Terminal

Nos. of rake in 2024-25

Nos. of rake in 2025-26

%age variation

(up to July)

(up to July)

SMO

40

24

-40.0

KUE

31

34

9.68

NNA

17

2

-88.24

MNE

31

30

-3.23

KGG

29

19

-34.48

BJU

6

3

-50.0

IORG

201

220

9.45

GHZ

3

1

-66.7

HUBG

137

115

-16.06

BTSS

16

13

-18.75

KTRH

19

17

-10.53

KPGM

2

0

-100.0

NRPA

2

6

200.0

Total

540

490

-9.26


6.0    Staff position of Safety category as on 01.08.2025:-


Category

BOS

On roll

Vac.

Remarks

SM/ASM/YM/TI

477

457

20

 

Guard

587

521

66

 

Shunting Master

30

23

07

 

Shuntman

23

15

08

 

Pointsman & Gateman

856

766

90

CTNL/TNL

56

52

04

 


7.0 Status of Sanctioned works (As on 01.08.2025)  :-

Name of work

PH

Sanction year

Cost (in thou.)

Status

Hajipur-Sagauli via Vaishali (148.3 km)

11

2003-04

25073600

Hajipr-Ghoswar (5.50 km) and Ghoswar – Vaishali (30.00 Km) i.e total 35.50 km section commissioned. Vaishali - Parukhas (16km) - section commissioned on 24.01.24. Parukhas - Deoria (13km) - section commissioned on 31.03.24. 

Hajipur-Ramdaualu Nagar (47.72 km)

15

2013-14

5601844

Doubling between HJP-RD completed. Yard remodelling work of SAI station completed on 29.04.22.

Katreah-Kursela - Patch doubling incl. bridge on river Koshi (7.24 km)

15

2012-13

2605626

Katareah-Kursela (7.24 km) commissioned on 28.12.2021

Hajipur-Bachwara (72 km)

15

2015-16

93970164

Doubling between BCA-SDG completed. Doubling between HJP- AYRN commissioned on 24.03.22 & Final Phase from AYRN to SDG commissioned on 28.09.22.

Barauni - Improvement of traffic facilities at bye pass station

16

2015-16

571865

Work completed on 07.12.2022.

MNE: Provision of Shunt signal at both end in line no. 01, 02 & 03 and at KGG end in line no. 04.

16

2015-16

9189

As major alteration involved in the work, this is to be done along with the newly sanctioned EI work under PH-33. Shunt signal will be commissioned with EI work and ESP approved. SIP approved.
Engg- For EI Work , Building completed up to plinth.
TDC : 30/11/2025

Katareah - New freight terminal

16

2016-17

171485

KTRH Goods shed notified on 07.02.23. Presently placement of rakes is being done manually. Interlocking work needs to be completed at earliest. Left over work to be under EI work proposed under PH 33. It will be commissioned after sanction.

TDC : 31/03/2026

Dubaha - Addl. loop

16

2016-17

97474

NI completed on 06.02.2025 but new line no -04 yet to be operational. Diversion of LC no.74/B2 to be ensured at the earliest. Sleeper laying work at LC 74 yet to be completed towards MFP. 

TDC : 30/09/2025

MFP - Remodeling of MFP station.

16

2018-19

412000

Commissioned on 12.11.2022.

Provision of IBH in MNE-MSK section.

16

2019-20

46859

IBH commissioned on 24.09.2022. 

Provision of x-over instead of Derailing switch at 18 nos location.

16

2019-20

75938

In view of operational requirement, work is being done at only 03 yards. Sand hump work completed at UJP on dated 09.03.24. Work in progress at DGA and TIL station. To be done with ABS work.

TDC : 31/12/2025

Provision of IBH between SMO- KIR.

16

2019-20

49734

IBS commissioned on 15.06.2024.

Provision of IBH in SPJ-UJP section.

16

2019-20

45434

IBH at BLRI in SPJ-UJP section commissioned on 15.02.2023.

DGA-BAGL :- Provision of IBH at Avtarnagar Halt between DGA-BAGL

16

2019-20

47737

IBH commissioned on 10-Dec-21. Completion diagram under process.

Provision of IBH in BCA-TGA section.

16

2019-20

45618

IBH commissioned on 02-Sep-2022. 

Nazirganj -  Provision of directional loop line

16

2019-20

134356

Yard commissioned on 09.03.2024.

Muzaffarpur- Construction of 40 Bedded (2x20 bed) new Running Room

16

2019-20

17090

Work completed.

Samastipur Jn.~~Barauni Jn~~Provision of automatic block signalling with centralised traffic control system

16

2021-22

1471523

SPJ-NAZJ section commissioned in the 1st phase on 09.03.24. NAZJ-BCA section commissioned in 2nd phase on 04.03.2025. Commissioning of DKGS-NBJU-TIL & BCA-TGA section targeted in 3rd phase (TDC- 31.10.2025), TIL-BGS (TDC- 31/12/25).

TDC : 31/12/2025

Provision of IBH in SEE-HJP section.

16

2021-22

52575

Letter has been communicated for dropping the work on IRPSM due to gradient between SEE-HJP.

Provision of IBH in BCA-VPDA section.

16

2021-22

52961

IBS commissioned on 25.01.25.

Provision of IBH in MFP-RD section.

16

2021-22

57742

GM sanction received and work under progress at site. At RD- AT Supply not provided.

Engg- Building completed

TDC : 31.08.2025

Provision of shunt signal at SMO connecting to good shed line.

16

2021-22

11736

Shunt signal commissioned on 21.09.24.

Provision of shunt signal at KGG in line no.03 & T/W shed.

16

2021-22

6754

Shunt signal commissioned along with NI work on 05.03.2023.

Provision of shunt signal at NNA Goods shed.

16

2021-22

4810

Shunt signal commissioned on 03.03.2024.

Construction of 20 Bedded new Running Room at MNE

16

2021-22

15456

Work completed. New Running Room inaugurated on 23.12.23.


Construction of new Goods shed at Lakhminia (LKN).

16

2022-23

148482

LOA issued on 03.10.23. Building of gate lodge completed. Earthwork in progress-100000 Cum. ESP & SIP approved. Ballasting and blanketing work in progress.

TDC :  31.03.2026

Provision of IBH between Sarai-Bhagwanpur section.

16

2022-23

35484

SIP approved. Selection Table under preparation (Div.) & AT Supply not provided.

0.9 m wide Pathway to be constructed on both sides of DN Line by providing Angle Section support on Piers of existing Bridge. Estimate under preparation.

Pathway available on newly constructed UP Line Bridge

TDC : 31.12.2025







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