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==Background==
The discovery of coal ne]]ar near [[Jharia ]] led to the construction by the EIR of a short branch line of approximately 30 miles(48km) from [[Sitarampur]], on the ‘EIR Main Line’, via [[Kumardhubi]] to [[Dhanbad]] in 1880 <ref name=Symph> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, 2003; page 18-19</ref>. [[Kumardhubi]] was the location of an early Colliery. The line was extended from [[Dhanbad]] to [[Katrasgarh]] in 1894 <ref name=wiki/><ref name=Admin54>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n63/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 54 (pdf63) ]; Retrieved 22 Apr 2019</ref>.
In 1890 the EIR submitted a Report by Mr T H Ward on the economic resources of the coalfield which was superior to the quality from the [[Raniganj]] coalfield. The construction of the EIR line from [[Barakhar]] to [[Katrasgarh|Katras]] was sanctioned in Apr 1892 and the line via [[Dhanbad]] opened in May 1894 and a year later another line from [[Kusunda]] to [[Pathardi]] thus connecting ‘the whole length of the coalfield’ <ref name=manrhum>[https://archive.org/details/manbhum01coup/page/174 “Bengal District Gazetteer - Manbhum” by H.Coupland, 1911, Chapter IX ‘Coalfields in Manbhum’, pages 174-5]; Retrieved 22 Apr 2019</ref>.
==Jharia Coalfield EIR Railways==
The discovery of coal near [[Jharia]] led to the construction by the EIR of a short branch line of approximately 30 miles(48km) from [[Sitarampur]], on the ‘EIR Main Line’, via [[Kumardhubi]] to [[Dhanbad]] in 1880 <ref name=Symph> “Symphony of Progress - The Saga of the Eastern Railway 1854-2003”; published by Eastern Railway, 2003; page 18-19</ref>. Kumardhubi was the location of an early Colliery. The line was extended from ]][[Dhanbad ]] to [[Katrasgarh in 1894 <ref name=wiki/><ref name=Admin54/>.
<br>This line later further extended to [[Gomoh]] to form the route [[Sitarampur]]-[[Barakhar]]-[[Kumardhubi]]-[[Dhanbad]]-[[Katrasgarh]]-[[Gomoh]]. This line become part of the ‘EIR Grand Chord Line’ which fully opened in 1906 and reduced the distance for carrying coal to North India by 110 miles(177km) as it was no longer necessary to detour via [[Sitarampur]]<ref name=Symph/>.
