Samastipur Junction railway station

Samastipur Junction railway station, (Station code: SPJ), is a railway station serving the city of Samastipur in the Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.[2] The Samastipur Junction railway station, is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. Samastipur is well connected to Patna, Muzaffarpur, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Howrah,Bangalore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Guwahati, Surat, Lucknow, chennai, Amritsar, Ahemdabad, Rusera Ghat, Ranchi, DhanBad, Gwalior and other cities. It is also the originating station for many superfasts and express trains.

Samastipur Junction

समस्तीपुर जंक्शन
Indian Railway
LocationStation Road, Samastipur, Bihar
India
Elevation55 metres (183 ft)
Owned byEast Central Railway of the Indian Railways
Operated byIndian Railways
Line(s)
Platforms7
Tracks15
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeSPJ
Zone(s) East Central Railway
Division(s) Samastipur Division
History
ElectrifiedCompleted from 24 December 2014[1]
Previous namesEast Indian Railways
Traffic
Passengers25000+

Some of the important trains are as follows :-

Dibrugarh - New delhi rajdhani express

Pawan express

Amrapali Express

Mithila Express

Swatantra Senani Superfast Express

Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express

Vaishali SuperFast Express

Saryu Yamuna Express

NJP-New Delhi SuperFast

Bagh Express

Saheed Express

Janki Express

Facilities

The major facilities available are Waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, Reservation Counter, Vehicle parking etc.[3][4] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are refreshment rooms vegetarian and non-vegetarian, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police(G.R.P) office. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.[5]#wifi available. The junction have now the facilities of escalator and lift at both the ends of junction. The station has also shed from market side entrance which gives like an airport view.

Platforms

There are seven platforms at Samastipur Junction. The platforms are interconnected with two foot over bridge(FOB). Platform 3,4 and 5 are the busiest platforms and mostly used for long route trains. Now after completion of Samastipur Kishanpur Double line Rail section now almost every train coming from [[DARBHANGA]] ,[[JAYNAGAR]], and Raxaul side is given Platform no 1,2 and 3 and train coming from MUZZAFARPUR JUNCTION is alloted PLATFORM NO 4,5 and Train coming from BARUNI JUNCTION is alloted PLATFORM no 6 and 7 while train coming from KHAGARIA JUNCTION VIA RUSERA GHAT is also alloted PLATFORM no 1,2,3 generally

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "SPJ/Samastipur Junction (9)". indiarailinfo.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. Kumod Verma (12 June 2013). "Patliputra station to be functional by month-end". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. "List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. "8 more stations to be made models". Retrieved 17. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

6.Escalator and lift at both platform no.1 and 7 end

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