Railways Clears Rs 1,000-Crore Coal Rail Network for Buxar Thermal Plant

Indian Railways will develop a dedicated rail network at an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore to streamline coal movement to the Chausa Thermal Power Plant in Bihar’s Buxar district, a project that addresses one of the more persistent bottlenecks in thermal coal logistics on the Buxar–DDU corridor. The plan centres on converting the Pavni-Kamarpur halt, currently an Intermediate Block Post between Buxar and Chausa, into a full-fledged six-line crossing station.

For coal logistics planners, the key element is a Rail-over-Rail flyover reserved for coal-laden freight trains. The structure will give loaded rakes an independent path into the Chausa plant instead of threading them through the main line, isolating power-plant coal traffic from the trunk corridor.

The Buxar–Deen Dayal Upadhyaya section carries a heavy mix of passenger and freight services, and adding coal rakes to that flow has long meant squeezing freight paths between passenger slots. A separate freight alignment allows the power plant to be supplied without adding pressure on the main corridor, while also improving scheduling flexibility for passenger trains on the section.

The engineering plans have received technical and administrative approval from the Danapur railway division and from SJVN Thermal Private Limited. The entire project cost, including land acquisition, will be borne by SJVN Thermal.

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