The construction of 110 km (68 mi) rail line from Koderma to Maheshmunda was done under supervision of Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway.

On 16 February 2019, Eastern Railway in its press-release announced a passenger train service w.e.f.

There are plans from the Railway ministry to connect Parasnath with New Giridih via Madhuban, for the convenience of the Jain pilgrims visiting Shikharji.

[6] There are other proposals as well to connect New Giridih with Dhanbad via Tundi and Govindpur,[7] and with Jhajha via Bengabad, Chakai and Sono.

The first phase of the Jhajha–New Giridih rail line involves 20-km long Jhajha–Batia section, the foundation for which was laid in 2019 and which will be constructed at a cost of Rs 496 crore.

[10][11] After the construction of Koderma–Maheshmunda section in 2019, new passenger trains were started on this route which are run by East Central Railway.

A new express train connecting New Giridih to Ranchi was announced by Koderma MP Annapurna Devi on 6 April 2023 and Indian Railways released an official notification for the same on 23 August 2023.

[12] As of now it is the only long distance express train running on this rail line, connecting the city of Giridih with the state capital Ranchi, and also the only train running with a Vistadome coach in the state of Jharkhand.