Son Nagar Junction is a railway station in Aurangabad district in the India

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States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. It is located on the east bank of the Son River

Son River

Son River of central India is the largest of the Ganges' southern tributaries. A British 1850s diary shows that the river was written in English as Soane.-Course:...

 and was earlier known as Son East Bank

History

The Upper Soane Bridge

Nehru Setu

Nehru Setu , across the Son River, between Dehri-on-Son and Son Nagar, in Bihar, is the second longest railway bridge in India, after Vembanad Rail Bridge in Kerala...

, connecting Son Nagar and Dehri-on-Sone across the Son River was completed in 1900. The 3064 metres (10,052.5 ft) bridge was then the longest bridge in India. Work on the Grand Chord

Grand Chord

Grand Chord- also known as The Life line of India is a section of the Indian Railways and is one of the two parts of the main Delhi-Howrah route. It acts as a link between Sitarampur, and Mughal Sarai, Uttar Pradesh, and covers a stretch of 450 km...

 line of East Indian Railway

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The East Indian Railway Company, later known as the East Indian Railway , introduced railways to eastern and northern India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, South Indian Railway, Central India Railway and the North-Western Railway operated in other parts of India...

 was complete in 1901. It was formally inaugurated in 1907.

A branch line was opened from Son East Bank, as Son Nagar was then known, to Daltonganj

Daltonganj

Daltonganj is a town in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the headquarters of Palamu division and Palamu district, as well as subdivision and block of the same name...

in 1902.

Freight Corridor

Son Nagar is expected to be connected with Ludhiana as part of the Eastern Corridor. The primary feeder routes for this will be from Son Nagar to Durgapur via Gomoh, Son Nagar to Tatanagar via Garhwa Road, and Barkakana to Bokaro via Chandrapura.