Sheikhpura railway station
Sheikhpura Junction railway station, station code SHK, is a railway station under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Sheikhpura is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Gaya–Kiul line. Station is located in Sheikhpura city in Sheikhpura district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Gaya–Kiul line, many trains coming from Gaya and other cities stops here. Sheikhpura is well connected with nearby cities Gaya,Nawada, Bhagalpur,Howrah and Kiul through daily passenger and express train services.
A new branch line between Neora railway station and Sheikhpura railway station via Neora, Jatdumri, Daniyawan, Bihar Sharif, Shiekhpura is underconstruction in which Bihar Sharif-Daniyawan section was partially started in 2015.
Sheikhpura Junction Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Indian Railways Station | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sheikhpura 811105, Bihar India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°07′51″N 85°51′09″E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 43.75 metres (143.5 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | East Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gaya–Kiul line Neora-Daniyawan-Bihar Sharif-Sheikhpura line (UC) | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | SHK | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Danapur | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1879 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2018 | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 1494 (Daily)[1] | |||||||||||||||
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  Sheikhpura Junction Railway Station Location in Bihar | ||||||||||||||||
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History
Several years before the Grand Chord was built, a connection from the Howrah-Delhi main line to Gaya was developed in 1900 and the South Bihar Railway Company (operated by EIR) had laid a line from Lakhisarai to Gaya in 1879.[4] The Grand Chord was opened on 6 December 1906.[5]
Structure
There are only three platforms in the Sheikhpura Junction railway station. The platforms are interconnected with a single Foot Over Bridge.
Electrification and Doubling of track
Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur-Tilaiya-Kiul section were announced in the rail budget for 2010-11 and the electrification work of single track is going on starting 2015–16.[6] electrification of single line from Gaya to Kiul have been completed in July 2018. It has been completed in two phases. In first phase tilaiya to warisaliganj have been completed and in the other phase warisaliganj to Lakhisarai.A special Memu train was flagged on 22 October 2018 by State Railway Minister Mr Manoj Sinha.Track doubling is in progress and it is expected to be completed by March 2020.
Nearest airports
The nearest airports to Sheikhpura junction are:
- Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 123.36 kilometres (76.65 mi)
- Gaya Airport 116.6 kilometres (72.5 mi)
See also
References
- "Rail Drishti". www.raildrishti.in.
- Google maps
- "53626 Gaya Kiul Passenger". India Rail Info.
- Saxena, R.P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- "As the traffic continued to grow even beyond the capacity of the". Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- "Railway Budget 2010-11: Electrification of New Rail Sections". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.