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{{short description|Railway station in Chhattisgarh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Kirandul
| type = [[Terminal station]]
| style =
| image = Kirandul Railway Station.jpg
| image_caption = Kirandul railway station
| address = [[Kirandul]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
| country =
| coordinates = {{Coord|18|38|17|N|81|15|32|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| elevation = {{convert|631|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line = [[Kothavalasa–Kirandul line]]
| other =
| structure =
| platform = 3
| tracks = 7
| parking = Available
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| ADA = Yes
| code = {{Indian railway code| code = KRDL| zone = [[East Coast Railway Zone]]| division = {{rwd|Waltair}}}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = [[East Coast Railway zone]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
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'''Kirandul railway station''' serves [[Kirandul]], a city in the [[Dantewada district]] in the Indian state of [[Chhattisgarh]].

==History==

In 1960, [[Indian Railways]] took up three projects:
* The Kothavalasa–Araku–Koraput–Jeypore–Jagdalpur–Dantewara–Kirandaul line
* The Jharsuguda–Sambalpur–Bargarh–Balangir–Titlagarh project
* The Biramitrapur–Rourkela–Bimlagarh–Kiriburu project

All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the Dandakaranya Bolangir Kiriburu Project (under [[Dandakaranya Project]]).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.baral.us/Orissa-rail-history.pdf |title =History of Indian Railways in Orissa |last=Baral |first=Chitta | publisher= | accessdate = 2012-12-12 }}</ref> The [[Kothavalasa–Kirandul line]] was opened in 1966–67 under the [[South Eastern Railway zone]] with financial aid from Japan for transporting [[iron ore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/07/stories/2002100700560600.htm|title=Kottavalasa–Kirandul line — An obstacle course|work=Business Line|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=waltair>{{cite web | url = http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | title = History of Waltair Division | publisher = Mannanna.com | accessdate = 2013-12-12 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235936/http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html | archivedate = 11 October 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Kirandul railway station was [[Central Organisation for Railway Electrification|electrified]] in the year 1980.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title = IR Electrification History | publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 2013-01-23 }}</ref>

==Passenger amenities==
Only one passenger train comes to this station ([[Visakhapatnam–Kirandul Passenger|Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Passenger]]). Recently the 08512/08511 Visakhapatnam–Jagdalpur overnight special express train, with special charges, has been extended up to Kirandul. This will be the first express train to Kirandul, apart from 58501/58502 Visakhapatnam–Kirandul–Visakhapatnam passenger.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Train no. 08511 Kirandul–Visakhapatnam special train with special fare will leave Kirandul daily from 21 November to 31 December at 3 p.m. to arrive in Visakhapatnam at 3 a.m. on the following day.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Train no.08512 from Visakhapatnam to Kirandul special train with special fare will leave Visakhapatnam daily from 21 November to 31 December at 10.15 p.m. and reach Kirandul at 10 a.m. on the following day, according to Divisional Commercial Manager (Co.) G. Suneel Kumar.<ref>{{ cite web|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/jagdalpur-train-extended-up-to-kirandul/article20554677.ece |title = Jagdalpur train extended up to Kirandul| work=The Hindu | access-date = 21 November 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Railway stations in Waltair railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Dantewada district]]

Kirandul railway station - Revision history

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