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{{short description|Railway station in Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
{{Infobox station
| name = Mokama Junction<br />Mokameh Junction
| name = Mokama railway station
| type = [[Indian Railways|Indian Railway]] Station
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian railway
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image = Mokama junction.jpeg
| image_size =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| image_caption =
| address = [[Mokama]], [[Barh]], [[Bihar]]
| address = [[Mokama]], [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]
| country = {{flag|India}}
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|23|31|N|85|54|52|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|23|31|N|85|54|52|E|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|48|m|ft}}
| elevation = {{convert|48|m|ft}}
| line = [[Howrah–Delhi main line]]<br/>[[Asansol–Patna section]]<br/>[[Mokama–Barauni section]]<br/>[[Barauni]]–[[Mokama]]–[[Patna]] line<br/>[[Harnaut–Mokama section]]
| line = [[Howrah-Delhi main line]]
| other = [[Mokama-Barauni section|Mokama-Barauni]]
| other = [[Barauni]]
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 3
| platform = 4
| tracks =
| tracks = 8
| entrances =
| entrances =
| parking =
| parking = Available
| baggage_check =
| baggage_check =
| opened =
| opened =
| closed =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| electrified =
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = MKA
| code = MKA
| zone = [[East Central Railway Zone|East Central Railway]]
| zone = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]
| division = Danapur Division
| division = Danapur Division
}}
}}
| owned =
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator =
| operator =
| status = Functioning
| status = Functioning
| former = East Indian Railway
| former = East Indian Railway
| passengers =
| passengers = ½ lakh
| pass_year =
| pass_year = 2013
| pass_percent =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| pass_system =
| map_locator =
| map_locator =
}}
}}
{{Mokama–Barauni section|collapse=y}}


'''Mokama Junction''' also known as ''Mokameh Junction'', station code '''MKA''', is a railway junction station in Danapur division of [[East Central Railway Zone|East Central Railway]]. Mokama is connected to [[metropolitan area]]s of [[India]], by the [[Howrah-Delhi main line|Delhi-Kolkata Main Line]] via Mugalsarai-Patna route. Mokama is located in [[Mokama]] city in [[Barh]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. Due to its location on the [[Howrah-Delhi Main Line|Howrah-Patna-Mughalsarai main line]] many Patna, Barauni bound express trains coming from Howrah, Sealdah, Ranchi, Tatanagar stop here.
'''Mokama railway station''' also known as '''Mokameh station''', station code '''MKA''', is a railway station in Danapur division of [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]. Mokama is connected to [[metropolitan area]]s of India, by the [[Howrah–Delhi main line|Delhi–Kolkata main line]] via Mugalsarai–Patna route. Mokama is located in [[Mokama]] city in [[Barh]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. Due to its location on the [[Howrah–Patna–Mughalsarai main line]] many Patna, Barauni-bound express trains coming from Howrah, Sealdah, Ranchi, Tatanagar stop here.
Mokama station is an important of the Danapur division as it links, [[Assam]] through the [[Mokama–Barauni section]] and North Bihar by the [[Rajendra Bridge]] on the [[Ganga]] river.
{{Mokama-Barauni section}}
Mokama Junction is an important of the Danapur division as it links, [[Assam]] through the [[Mokama-Barauni section]] and North Bihar by the [[Rajendra Bridge]] on the [[Ganga]] river.

==History==
{{Empty section|date=April 2012}}


== Facilities ==
== Facilities ==
The major facilities available are Waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, Vehicle parking.<ref name=computerized_list>{{cite web|title=List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/location_Alphabetically.html|publisher=Official website of the [[Indian Railways]]|accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref> The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO Telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall. The Mokama-Kiul section has optical fibre for improved communication and railway safety.<ref name=optical>{{cite web|title=SIGNALLING AND TELECOMMUNICATION|url=http://www.core.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,302,538|publisher=Central Organisation for Railway Electrification, [[Indian Railway]]|accessdate=24 April 2012}}</ref>
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, Vehicle parking.<ref name=computerized_list>{{cite web|title=List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available .The railway station has also Free wifi of Railway provided by Google.
|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/location_Alphabetically.html |publisher=Official website of the [[Indian Railways]] |access-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703033000/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/location_Alphabetically.html |archivedate= 3 July 2013 }}</ref> The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO Telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall. The Mokama–Kiul section has optical fibre for improved communication and railway safety.<ref name=optical>{{cite web|title=SIGNALLING AND TELECOMMUNICATION|url=http://www.core.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,294,302,538|publisher=Central Organisation for Railway Electrification, [[Indian Railways]]|access-date=24 April 2012}}</ref>


=== Platforms ===
[[
It has four platforms that are interconnected with two [[foot overbridge]]s.
[[File:Mokama|framed|mokama]]

mokama]]
Its platform number 1 has now IRCTC restaurant.
===Platforms===
It has four platforms that are interconnected with two [[Footbridge#Railways|foot over bridge]] (FOB).


== Trains ==
== Trains ==
{{Howrah–Delhi main line|collapse=y}}
{{Howrah-Delhi Main Line}}
The following is the sortable table of all the trains passing from Mokama Junction.(as on 18 April 2012)<ref name=indiantrains>{{cite web|title=Mokama Junction Details|url=http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=MKA&name=Mokama+JN|publisher=indiantrains.org|accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref>
Many passenger and express trains serve Mokama station.<ref name=indiantrains>{{cite web|title=Mokama station Details|url=http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=MKA&name=Mokama+JN|publisher=indiantrains.org|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=trainlist>{{cite web|title=Trains at Mokama Junction|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/330|publisher=India Rail Info|accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=trainlist>{{cite web|title=Trains at Mokama station|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/330|publisher=India Rail Info|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="background-color:#cfcfcf;" align="center" | Train No. !! Train Name !! Train type !! Zone !! From !! Days !!Departure Time
|-
|12334||Vibhuti Express||SF||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||0:03
|-
|13049||Howrah-Amritsar Express||Exp||ER||Amritsar Junction/ASR|| Daily ||0:06
|-
|8294||Patna - Bilaspur (Weekly) Spec...||Exp||SECR||Bilaspur Junction/BSP||Sun||0:26
|-
|13246||Capital Express||Exp||ECR||New Jalpaiguri/NJP||S,F,S||0:26
|-
|13248||Capital Express||Exp||ECR||Kamakhya Junction/KYQ||M,T,W,T||0:26
|-
|13247||Capital Express||Exp||ECR||Danapur/DNR||W,T,F,S||2:01
|-
|13245||Capital Express||Exp||ECR||Danapur/DNR||S,M,T||2:01
|-
|73203||Kiul Patna Passenger||DEMU||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||2:07
|-
|13005||Howrah-[[Amritsar Mail]]||Mail||ER||Amritsar Junction/ASR|| Daily ||2:18
|-
|14084||Sikkim Mahananda Express||Exp||NR||Alipur Duar Junction/APDJ|| Daily ||2:24
|-
|15636||Guwahati Okha Dwaraka Express||Exp||NFR||Okha/OKHA||T||2:28
|-
|15632||Guwahati Barmer Express||Exp||NFR||Barmer/BME||Sun,F||2:28
|-
|15632-Slip||Guwahati Barmer Express Slip||Exp||NFR||Bikaner Junction/BKN||Sun||2:28
|-
|12333||Vibhuti Express||SF||ER||Allahabad City/ALY|| Daily ||2:47
|-
|13413||[[Farakka Express]]||Exp||ER||Old Delhi/DLI||Sun,T,F||3:04
|-
|13483||Farakka Express||Exp||ER||Old Delhi/DLI||M,W,T,S||3:04
|-
|5652||Varanasi - Guwahati (Weekly) S...||Exp||NFR||Guwahati/GHY||M||3:12
|-
|12332||Himgiri Express||SF||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH||T,W,S||3:13
|-
|12359||Kolkata Chitpur Patna Garib Ra...||GR||ER||Patna Junction/PNBE||S,W,F||3:30
|-
|13415||Malda Patna Express||Exp||ER||Patna Junction/PNBE||M,T,S||3:30
|-
|13050||Amritsar Howrah Express||Exp||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||4:02
|-
|12351||Howrah- Danapur Express||SF||ER||Danapur/DNR|| Daily ||4:17
|-
|13111||Lal Quila Express||Exp||ER||Old Delhi/DLI|| Daily ||4:40
|-
|23111||Danapur Express||Exp||ER||Danapur/DNR|| Daily ||4:40
|-
|13287||South Bihar Express||Exp||ECR||Danapur/DNR|| Daily ||4:53
|-
|13039||Howrah-Delhi(Janta) Express||Exp||ER||Old Delhi/DLI|| Daily ||5:05
|-
|13039-Slip||Howrah-Delhi(Janta) Express Sl...||Exp||ER||Rajgir/RGD|| Daily ||5:05
|-
|53043||Howrah-Rajgir Passenger||Pass||ER||Rajgir/RGD|| Daily ||5:19
|-
|25631||Bikaner Guwahati Express||Exp||NFR||Guwahati/GHY||T,T||6:02
|-
|15631||Barmer-Guwahati Express||Exp||NFR||Guwahati/GHY||T,T||6:02
|-
|63217||Mokama Danapur Passenger||MEMU||ECR||Danapur/DNR|| Daily ||6:05
|-
|12024||Patna-Howrah Jan Shatabdi||JShtb||ECR||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily except Sun||6:54
|-
|13236||Danapur-Sahibganj InterCity||Exp||ECR||Sahibganj Junction/SBG|| Daily except Sun||7:22
|-
|12570||Anand Vihar Terminus-Jaynagar ...||GR||ECR||Jaynagar/JYG||S,W||7:29
|-
|12318||Akal Takht Express||SF||ER||Kolkata Sealdah/SDAH||W,S||7:38
|-
|12331||Himgiri Express||SF||ER||Jammu Tawi/JAT||S,W,S||7:54
|-
|18449||Baidyanathdham Express||Exp||ECoR||Patna Junction/PNBE||T||7:54
|-
|18184||Danapur - Tatanagar Express||Exp||SER||Tatanagar Junction/TATA|| Daily ||8:20
|-
|63207||Jhajha Patna Passenger MEMU||MEMU||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||8:22
|-
|12368||Vikramshila Express||SF||ER||Bhagalpur/BGP|| Daily ||8:32
|-
|15281||Kosi Express||Exp||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||8:38
|-
|13008||Udyan Abha Toofan Express||Exp||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||8:53
|-
|53227||Darbhanga-Patna Kamala Ganga F...||Pass||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||9:04
|-
|13226||Danapur-Jaynagar Intercity||Exp||ECR||Jaynagar/JYG|| Daily except Sun||9:07
|-
|23226||Danapur-Saharsa InterCity Link...||Exp||ECR||Saharsa Junction/SHC|| Daily except Sun||9:07
|-
|13401||InterCity Express||Exp||ER||Danapur/DNR|| Daily except Sun||9:12
|-
|12304||[[Poorva Express]]||SF||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH||S,M,T,F||9:20
|-
|12567||[[Rajya Rani Express|Saharsa Patna Rajya Rani SF Exp]]||SF||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||9:35
|-
|63209||Jhajha Patna MEMU||MEMU||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||9:50
|-
|73208||Mokama Barauni DEMU||DEMU||ECR||Barauni Junction/BJU|| Daily ||9:50
|-
|18450||Baidyanathdham Express||Exp||ECoR||Puri/PURI||W||10:12
|-
|18622||Patliputra Express||Exp||SER||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||10:22
|-
|13332||Patna Dhanbad Express||Exp||ECR||[[Dhanbad Junction]]/DHN|| Daily except Sun||10:42
|-
|5653||Guwahati - Varanasi (Weekly) S...||Exp||NFR||Varanasi Junction/BSB||Sun||10:45
|-
|15646||Guwahati-Mumbai LTT Express||Exp||NFR||Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Ter.../LTT||M,T||10:45
|-
|15713||Katihar-Patna InterCity Express...||Exp||NFR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily except Sun||10:57
|-
|13133||Sealdah-Varanasi Express||Exp||ER||Varanasi Junction/BSB|| Daily ||11:17
|-
|12578||Bagmati SF Weekly Express||SF||ECR||Darbhanga Junction/DBG||M||11:20
|-
|14055||Brahmaputra Mail||Mail||NR||Old Delhi/DLI|| Daily ||11:20
|-
|63208||Patna Jhajha Passenger MEMU||MEMU||ECR||Jhajha/JAJ|| Daily ||11:52
|-
|8293||Bilaspur - Patna (Weekly) Summ...||Exp||SECR||Patna Junction/PNBE||Sat||11:57
|-
|12335||Bhagalpur-MumbaiLTT Express||SF||ER||Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Ter.../LTT||S,T,F||11:57
|-
|15648||Guwahati-Mumbai LTT Express||Exp||NFR||Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Ter.../LTT||W||11:57
|-
|53050||Mokameh Howrah Passenger||Pass||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||12:10
|-
|15635||Okha Guwahati Dwarka Express||Exp||NFR||Guwahati/GHY||Sun||12:32
|-
|19048||Bhagalpur Surat Express||Exp||WR||Surat/ST||M,T||12:33
|-
|3281||New Tinsukia - Patna Rajendra ...||Exp||ECR||Rajendra Nagar Bihar/RJPB||T||12:37
|-
|73210||Mokameh-Barauni Passenger DEMU||DEMU||ECR||Barauni Junction/BJU|| Daily ||13:00
|-
|12568||[[Rajya Rani Express|Patna-Saharsa Rajya Rani SF Exp]]||SF||ECR||Saharsa Junction/SHC|| Daily ||14:10
|-
|13331||Dhanbad Patna Express||Exp||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily except Sun||14:23
|-
|12317||Akal Takht Express||SF||ER||Amritsar Junction/ASR||S,W||14:29
|-
|63210||Patna Jhajha MEMU||MEMU||ECR||Jhajha/JAJ|| Daily ||14:35
|-
|12303||Poorva Express||SF||ER||New Delhi/NDLS||M,T,F,S||14:35
|-
|12367||Vikramshila Express||SF||ER||Delhi Anand Vihar Termina.../ANVT|| Daily ||14:58
|-
|15647||Mumbai LTT-Guwahati Express||Exp||NFR||Guwahati/GHY||Sat||15:06
|-
|15645||Mumbai LTT-Guwahati Express||Exp||NFR||Guwahati/GHY||S,T||15:06
|-
|12336||Mumbai LTT - Bhagalpur SF Expr...||SF||ER||Bhagalpur/BGP||M,W,F||15:06
|-
|19047||Surat-Bhagalpur Express||Exp||WR||Bhagalpur/BGP||S,W||15:21
|-
|16310||Patna - Ernakulam Express||Exp||SR||Ernakulam Junction (South.../ERS||T,F||15:34
|-
|73205||Mokameh-Patna Passenger DEMU||DEMU||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily except Sun||15:40
|-
|15714||Patna-Katihar InterCity Express...||Exp||NFR||Katihar Junction/KIR|| Daily except Sun||15:44
|-
|14056||Brahmaputra Mail||Mail||NR||Dibrugarh/DBRG|| Daily ||16:14
|-
|53044||Rajgir-Howrah Fast Passenger||Pass||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||16:20
|-
|12350||NewDelhi-Bhagalpur Weekly SF E...||SF||ER||Bhagalpur/BGP||W||16:26
|-
|3282||Patna Rajendra Nagar - New Tin...||Exp||ECR||New Tinsukia Junction/NTSK||Sat||16:26
|-
|63212||Patna-Jhajha Passenger MEMU||MEMU||ECR||Jhajha/JAJ|| Daily ||16:50
|-
|18183||Tatanagar - Danapur Express||Exp||SER||Danapur/DNR|| Daily ||16:54
|-
|18621||Patliputra Express||Exp||SER||Hatia/HTE|| Daily ||17:14
|-
|12569||Jaynagar-Delhi AnandViharT Gar...||GR||ECR||Delhi Anand Vihar Termina.../ANVT||M,F||17:22
|-
|55232||Mokama Begusarai Passenger||Pass||NER||Begu Sarai/BGS|| Daily ||17:25
|-
|13225||Jaynagar-Danapur Intercity||Exp||ECR||Danapur/DNR|| Daily except Sun||17:32
|-
|23225||Saharsa-Dnapur InterCity Link ...||Exp||ECR||Danapur/DNR|| Daily except Sun||17:32
|-
|16309||Ernakulam-Patna Express||Exp||SR||Patna Junction/PNBE||W,T||17:52
|-
|53228||Kamla Ganga Fast Passenger||Pass||ECR||Darbhanga Junction/DBG|| Daily ||18:27
|-
|13402||InterCity Express||Exp||ER||Bhagalpur/BGP|| Daily except Sun||18:37
|-
|13007||Udyan Abha Toofan Express||Exp||ER||Shri Ganganagar/SGNR|| Daily ||18:44
|-
|15282||Kosi Express||Exp||ECR||Saharsa Junction/SHC|| Daily ||18:49
|-
|12577||Bagmati SF Weekly Express||SF||ECR||Bangalore City Junction/SBC||T||18:55
|-
|13134||Varanasi- Sealdah Express||Exp||ER||Kolkata Sealdah/SDAH|| Daily ||19:10
|-
|63211||Jhajha Patna MEMU||MEMU||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily ||19:18
|-
|12328||Upasana Express||SF||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH||S,T||19:24
|-
|12370||Haridwar-Howrah Kumbha S F Exp...||SF||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH||M,T,W,F,S||19:24
|-
|12369||Kumbha Express||SF||ER||Haridwar Junction/HW||S,M,W,T,S||19:28
|-
|12327||Upasana Express||SF||ER||Dehradun/DDN||T,F||19:28
|-
|13235||Sahibganj-Danapur InterCity||Exp||ECR||Danapur/DNR|| Daily except Sun||19:56
|-
|13040||Janata Express||Exp||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||20:01
|-
|12023||Howrah-Patna Jan Shatabdi||JShtb||ECR||Patna Junction/PNBE|| Daily except Sun||20:34
|-
|12349||Bhagalpur-NewDelhi Weekly SF E...||SF||ER||New Delhi/NDLS||M||20:43
|-
|14083||Sikkim Mahananda Express||Exp||NR||Old Delhi/DLI|| Daily ||21:53
|-
|12360||Patna-Kolkata Chitpur Garib Ra...||GR||ER||Kolkata Chitpur/KOAA||S,W,F||21:56
|-
|83112||Danapur Giridih Express||Exp||ECR||Giridih/GRD|| Daily ||22:08
|-
|13112||Lal Quila Express||Exp||ER||Kolkata Chitpur/KOAA|| Daily ||22:08
|-
|13288||South Bihar Express||Exp||ECR||Durg Junction/DURG|| Daily ||22:20
|-
|73204||Patna Kiul Passenger||DEMU||ECR||Kiul Junction/KIUL|| Daily ||22:47
|-
|12352||Danapur- Howrah Express||SF||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||22:48
|-
|13484||Farakka Express||Exp||ER||Malda Town/MLDT||M,W,F,S||23:03
|-
|13414||Farakka Express||Exp||ER||Malda Town/MLDT||S,T,T||23:03
|-
|13006||Amritsar Howrah Mail||Mail||ER||Kolkata Howrah Junction/HWH|| Daily ||23:32
|-
|13416||Patna-Malda Express||Exp||ER||Malda Town/MLDT||M,T,S||23:52
|}


==Nearest Airport==
The nearest airport to Mokama Station are<ref name=onefivenine>{{cite web|title=Mokama Junction|url=http://www.onefivenine.com/india/Rail/RailwayStation/MKA |publisher=onefivenine.com|accessdate=31 March 2012}}</ref>
#[[Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport]], [[Patna]] {{Convert|95|km}}
#[[Birsa Munda Airport]], [[Ranchi]] {{Convert|266|km}}
#[[Gaya Airport]] {{Convert|135|km}}
#[[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]], [[Kolkata]]

== See also ==
{{Portal|Railways in India}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/330 Mokama Junction Map]
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/330 Mokama station Map]
* [http://patna.nic.in/ Official website of the Patna district]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100416105758/http://www.patna.nic.in/ Official website of the Patna district]


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Latest revision as of 02:26, 30 July 2024

Mokama railway station
Indian Railways station
General information
LocationMokama, Patna, Bihar
 India
Coordinates25°23′31″N 85°54′52″E / 25.39194°N 85.91444°E / 25.39194; 85.91444
Elevation48 metres (157 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Line(s)Howrah–Delhi main line
Asansol–Patna section
Mokama–Barauni section
Barauni–Mokama–Patna line
Harnaut–Mokama section
Platforms4
Tracks8
ConnectionsBarauni
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeMKA
Zone(s) East Central Railway
Division(s) Danapur Division
History
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesEast Indian Railway
Passengers
2013½ lakh

Mokama railway station also known as Mokameh station, station code MKA, is a railway station in Danapur division of East Central Railway. Mokama is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi–Kolkata main line via Mugalsarai–Patna route. Mokama is located in Mokama city in Barh in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Howrah–Patna–Mughalsarai main line many Patna, Barauni-bound express trains coming from Howrah, Sealdah, Ranchi, Tatanagar stop here. Mokama station is an important of the Danapur division as it links, Assam through the Mokama–Barauni section and North Bihar by the Rajendra Bridge on the Ganga river.

Facilities

[edit]

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, Vehicle parking.[1] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO Telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall. The Mokama–Kiul section has optical fibre for improved communication and railway safety.[2]

Platforms

[edit]

It has four platforms that are interconnected with two foot overbridges.

Its platform number 1 has now IRCTC restaurant.

Trains

[edit]

Many passenger and express trains serve Mokama station.[4] [5]


References

[edit]
  1. ^ "List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available .The railway station has also Free wifi of Railway provided by Google". Official website of the Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  2. ^ "SIGNALLING AND TELECOMMUNICATION". Central Organisation for Railway Electrification, Indian Railways. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. ^ "12304 Poorva Express (via Howrah)". India Rail Info.
  4. ^ "Mokama station Details". indiantrains.org. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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