title: Ib railway station
text: # Ib railway station
  
  Ib is a railway station in the Indian state of Odisha. It has the distinction of having the shortest name of all stations on the Indian Railways system.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The station derives its name from the nearby Ib River.
  
  ## History
  
  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.
  
  