Jamui railway station

Jamui Station
Indian Railway Station
Location Jamui, Jamui, Bihar
India
Coordinates 25°4′22″N 86°10′23″E / 25.07278°N 86.17306°E / 25.07278; 86.17306Coordinates: 25°4′22″N 86°10′23″E / 25.07278°N 86.17306°E / 25.07278; 86.17306
Elevation 81 metres (266 ft)
Platforms 2
Tracks 5
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Available
Other information
Status Functional
Station code Jamui
Zone(s) East Central Railway
Division(s) Danapur Division
History
Previous names East Indian Railway

Jamui Railway Station, station code JMU, serves the headquarters of Jamui district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is one of the major railway stations in Danapur division of East Central Railway. Jamui is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi-Kolkata Main Line via Mugalsarai-Patna route which runs along the historic Grand Trunk road.[1][2]

Railways and roads are the main means of transport in the Jamui region. Jamui railway station is in Howrah-Patna-Mughalsarai main line. Most of the Patna, Barauni bound express trains coming from Howrah, Sealdah, Ranchi, Tatanagar stop here.[3]

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking.[4] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall.

There are two platforms here, which are average in condition

Trains

Howrah–Delhi main line
km
0 New Delhi
Yamuna
Delhi-UP border
More information:
Kanpur-Delhi section
131 Aligarh Junction
210 Tundla Junction
301 Etawah Junction
441 Kanpur Central
More information:
Mughalsarai-Kanpur section
635 Allahabad Junction
to Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line
786 Mughalsarai Junction
to Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line
More information:
Patna-Mughalsarai section
UP-Bihar border
881 Buxar
950 Ara Junction
Son River
990 Danapur
to Patna-Gaya line
999 Patna Junction
Punpun River
More information:
Asansol-Patna section
1044 Bakhtiyarpur Junction
to Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
1063 Barh
1088 Mokama Junction
to Mokama-Barauni section
to Gaya–Kiul line
1123 Kiul Junction
to Sahibganj Loop
1150 Jamui
1176 Jhajha
Bihar-Jharkhand border
to Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line
1220 Jasidih Junction
Ajay River
to Madhupur Giridih Rail Line
1249 Madhupur Junction
25 Chittaranjan
Jharkhand-West Bengal border
to Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line
1330 Asansol Junction
More information:
Bardhaman-Asansol section
1373 Durgapur
1437 Barddhaman Junction
More information:
Howrah-Bardhaman chord
1532 Howrah Junction

Source: India Rail Info[5]

Many passenger and express trains serve Jamui Junction.[6][7]

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Jamui Station are:

  1. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 231 kilometres (144 mi)
  2. Gaya Airport 151 kilometres (94 mi)
  3. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 152 kilometres (94 mi)
  4. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata 369 kilometres (229 mi)

References

  1. ↑ "About District". Official District website. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jamui". Overview. BrandBihar. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Violation of rly rules led to Jamui mishap". The Times of India. 19 August 2001. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Official website of the Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "12304 Poorva Express (via Howrah)". India Rail Info.
  6. ↑ "Jamui Junction Details". indiantrains.org. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Trains at Jamui Junction". India Rail Info. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
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