Bihar Sharif Junction railway station

Bihar Sharif Junction
Indian Railways Station
Location NH 33 (Old NH82), Bihar sharif, Bihar
India
Coordinates 25°11′49″N 85°31′05″E / 25.197°N 85.518°E / 25.197; 85.518Coordinates: 25°11′49″N 85°31′05″E / 25.197°N 85.518°E / 25.197; 85.518
Elevation 56 metres (184 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by East Central Railway zone
Line(s) Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya line
Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir-Gaya
Fatuha-Bihar Sharif-Sheikhpura
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Available
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code BEHS
Zone(s) East Central Railway zone
Division(s) Danapur
History
Opened 1903
Electrified 2017
Services
Preceding station   East Central Railway zone   Following station
Wena
Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya line
Towards Rajgir, Tilaiya
Daniyawan
Fatuha-Bihar Sharif-Sheikhpura line
Towards Sheikpura,
Underconstruction
Location
Bihar Sharif Junction railway station
Location in Bihar
Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
 km
0 Bakhtiyarpur
Asansol–Patna section of
Howrah–Delhi main line
 3 Karnauti(Halt)
Panchane River
 7 Kharuara(Halt)
Harnaut-Mokama section
to Mokama
Carriage Repair
Workshop, Harnaut
 11 Harnaut
NH 30A
 14 Muhari(Halt)
 16 Wena
 18 Imlibigha(Halt)
 19 Rahul Road
 20 Ambapendarpur(Halt)
 21 Depkura(Halt)
 27 Suhsarai
to Daniawan
 30 Bihar Sharif
National Highway 110
to Sheikhpura
 34 Tungi(Halt)
 36 Pawapuri Road
 37 Deepnagar(Halt)
 42 Nalanda
 44 Marahra
 47 Silao
 49 Karahdih(Halt)
 51 Sardar Patel Halt
 54 Rajgir
 61 Nekpur
Fatuha–Tilaiya line
 71 Natesar
 78 Jethian
 82 Sarsoo
 90 Oro Jagdishpur
 94 Mohamadpur
 96 Hisua
Gaya–Kiul line
 100 Tilaiya
Gaya–Kiul line
 to Koderma (planned)

Bihar Sharif Junction railway station, station code BEHS, is a railway station and under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Bihar sharif is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi-Kolkata Main Line via Mughalsarai-Patna route. Station is located in Bihar Sharif city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya line, many trains from Patna and other cities via Bakhtiyarpur junction, and trains coming from Rajgir and Gaya Junction stops here. Bihar Sharif has well connected trains running frequently to New Delhi railway station, Patna Junction, Varanasi Junction railway station, and Howrah Junction railway station. Bihar Sharif is well connected with Gaya Junction, Rajgir railway station, Tilaiya railway station, Bhagalpur railway station, and Kiul Junction through daily passenger and express train services.

A new branch line between Daniyawan railway station and Sheikhpura railway station via Bihar Sharif is underconstruction in which Bihar Sharif-Daniyawan-Fatuha section was partially started in 2015.

History

Bakhtiyarpur Bihar Light Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) wide narrow gauge railway laid by Martin's Light Railways from Bakhtiyarpur to Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911. It was taken over by the local district board in 1950, nationalised in 1962 and converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in).

The broad gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. This line will transport coal from the Koderma-Hazaribagh coal belt for Barh Super Thermal Power Station via Harnaut Station. The line was sanctioned in 2001-02 and is to be extended up to Koderma. Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur-Tilaiya-Kiul sector and Fatuha-Islampur and Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir sectors were announced in the rail budget for 2010-11 and Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir section has been electrified in 2016-2017.

Structure

There are only two platforms in the Bihar Sharif Junction railway station. The platforms are interconnected with Foot Over Bridge. It has only one foot over bridge.

Developments

In February 2012, the Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations including Bihar Sharif railway station by building and developing restaurants, shopping areas and food plazas for commercial business and improving passenger amenities but it still underconstruction in 2018.[1]

Trains

  • 12391/12392 Shramjeevi Express ,a superfast train,Runs daily between Rajgir and New Delhi Via Patna,Varanasi and Lucknow.
  • 14223/14224 Budhpurnima Express,Runs between Rajgir and Varanasi Via Bakhtiyarpur,Patna,Gaya and Dehri on Sone.
  • 13233/13234 Rajgriha Express,Runs between Rajgir and Danapur via Patna
  • 53043/53044 Rajgir-Howrah Fast Passenger,runs via Bakhtiyarpur, Kiul,Bhagalpur,Sahibganj and Bardhhaman.
  • 53209/53219 Rajgir-Fatuha Passenger,runs via Biharsharif and Daniyawan.
  • 53229/53230 Rajgir-Danapur Passenger
  • 53231/53232 Danapur-Tilaiya Passenger
  • 53225/53229 Gaya-Bakhtiyarpur Passenger
  • 53221/53222 Rajgir-Bakhtiyarpur Passenger
  • 53223/52224 Rajgir-Bakhtiyarpur Passenger

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Bihar Sharif junction are:

  1. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 87.3 kilometres (54.2 mi)
  2. Gaya Airport 95.7 kilometres (59.5 mi)

See also

  1. Bihar Sharif city
  2. Nalanda district
  3. Rajgir city

References

  1. ↑ "Railways to set up body to develop stations". The Times of India. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
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