Tori Junction railway station

Tori Junction, station code TORI, is the railway station serving the city of Chandwa which is the connecting point of Latehar and Hazaribag districts. It also connects Lohardaga. It belongs to the East Central Railway zone under Dhanbad railway division of the Indian Railways.

History
Now the distance between Ranchi and New Delhi got shorter via Lohardaga. It is 90 km less distance between Ranchi and Delhi as compared to via Barkakana and Muri. One passenger train is running between Ranchi and Tori via Lohardaga. This is one of the major junctions that will connect Ranchi and Hazaribag districts of Jharkhand. The ongoing construction work of Tori–Balumath–Shivpur–Kathotia (Hazaribagh) railway line which section is falling under the South Eastern Railway (Ranchi Division) and East Central Railway (Dhanbad Division) jurisdictions, would be completed, till Balumath. After completing this line Tori will be the major junction connecting Ranchi, Barkakana, Hazaribagh and Medininagar.

Facilities
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc.

Platforms
The platforms are interconnected with foot overbridge (FOB). Tori Junction has 5 platforms.

Trains
Several electrified local passenger trains also run from Barwadih to neighbouring destinations on frequent intervals.

Nearest airports
The nearest airports to Tori station are:
 * Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 71 km
 * Gaya Airport, Gaya 163 km
 * Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 276 km
 * Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata