It was initially started as Dhanbad Katras rail line and was extended upto Chandrapura in 1930. The first train in this route ran from Dhanbad to Katrasgarh.Dhanbad–Chandrapura line was a railway passing through Railways in Jharia Coalfield lying between the Dhanbad line on the north and the Chandrapura in the south.
The rail line was laid late nineteenth century by extending the Grand Chord to Katrasgarh via Dhanbad in 1894. This line was opened in 1930.
The line closed due to a mine fire on 15th june 2017 all of a sudden as...
more... fire had reached tracks, thus making it unsafe for use. In a matter of seconds dhn lost 26 pairs of train services out of which few were diverted via asn and gmo. Some still remain permanently cancelled. The railway also suspended good traffic on the line which has nine loading side of Bharat Coking Coal Limited.