Saharsa Junction railway station

Saharsa Junction
Picture of New Building of Saharsa Junction
General information
LocationRailway Station Marg, Ward Number 30, Jay Prabha Nagar, Saharsa, Bihar 852201
India
Elevation46 metres (151 ft)
System Indian Railways station
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEast Central
Lines
Platforms5
Tracks7
ConnectionsAll over India
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeSHC
Zone(s) East Central Railway Zone
Division(s) Samastipur
Websitewww.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
History
Opened1887
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesSaharsa Junction
Passengers
150,000+ per day
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
East Central Railway zone
Terminus Barauni–Katihar section
Towards Forbesganj
Saharsa Katcheri
Khagaria Junction Barauni–Katihar section
Towards Purnia
Dauram Madhepura
Route map
0
Mansi Junction
Barauni–Guwahati line
6
Badla Ghat
10
Dhamara Ghat
14
Fango Halt
18
Koparia
25
Simri Bakhtiyarpur
29
Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika
33
Sonbarsa Kacheri
37
Parminiya Halt
to Purnia
41
Saharsa Junction
to Forbesganj
km
99
Saharsa Junction
96
Karu Khirhar Nagar
91
Baijnathpur
83
Methai
78
Dauram Madhepura
69
Budhma
66
Bhairopatti
62
Deenapatti
56
Murliganj
50
Rupauli
43
Jankinagar
40
Harapatti
63
Bihariganj
31
Mahikhand Halt
56
Raghunans Nagar
51
Barhara Kothi
49
Sukhsena
46
Aurahi
43
Sukhasan Kothi
36
Banmankhi Junction
26
Sarsi
23
Alinagar Tola
14
Krityanand Nagar
5
Purnia Court
0
Purnia Junction
km
0
Saharsa Junction
2
Saharsa Kacheri Halt
6
Nandlalee Halt
10
Panchgachia
16
Garh Baruari
20
Vinaekma Halt
23
Sunderpur Halt
27
Supaul
Supual–Araria Line (Construction)
34
Kadampura Halt
40
Tharbitia
46
Baijnathpur Andoli Halt
(bypass construction)
49
Chandpipar Halt
51
New Jhajha
51
Saraigarh Junction
58
Narayanpur Murli Halt
62
Raghopur
66
Ram Bishanpur Halt
74
Pratapganj
82
Lalitgram
86
Chhatapur Road Halt
94
Narpatganj
99
Deviganj Halt
104
Chakardaha Halt
111
Forbesganj Junction
Location
Saharsa Junction
Location in Bihar
Saharsa Junction
Location in India

Saharsa Junction railway station is a main railway station in Saharsa district, Bihar. Its code is SHC. It serves Kosi Division area. The station consists of 5 platforms.This railway junction has been certified by ISO:14001:2015 for environmental management. Due to less railway facility, less expansion of rail network in Supaul and Madhepura district's people used to catch trains from Saharsa instead of their own stations. It is the main railway junction of Kosi division.

Redevlopment

As part of Indian Railways’ modernization efforts and schemes such as Amrit Bharat Station Scheme and PM Gati Shakti, Saharsa Junction is undergoing extensive upgrades to enhance capacity, passenger amenities, and freight handling.

Yard Remodeling & New Platforms

Originally proposed at ₹194 crore, the yard remodeling project was revised and approved by the Railway Board at ₹158.73 crore.

Connectivity

Saharsa connected to the major cities in India like Patna,Muzaffarpur, Munger, Delhi, Kolkata Mumbai, Surat, Ranchi, Kanpur, Prayag Raj, Lucknow, Amritsar many other cities by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. India's first Graib Rath has started from here which was 12203 Saharsa–Amritsar Garib Rath. It is also the originating junction of premium train such as Humsafar Express, Garib Rath Express, Rajya Rani Express, Superfast Express, and many Express train.[1][2]

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking etc.

There are refreshment rooms vegetarian and non vegetarian, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police office.

Image

Saharsa junction nameplate
Saharsa junction close view
Saharsa junction front view
Saharsa junction new building close view
Saharsa junction platform number 3 and 4

Major trains

References

  1. ^ "SHC/Saharsa Junction". India Rail Info. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017.
  2. ^ Seven pairs of special trains for Jasidih Archived 2017-08-02 at the Wayback Machine