Ib railway station started with the opening of the Nagpur–Asansol main line of
Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1891. It became a station on the
Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line in 1900.
Coalfield In 1900, when
Bengal Nagpur Railway was building a bridge across the Ib River, coal was accidentally discovered in what later became
Ib Valley Coalfield. ==See also==