Patliputra Junction railway station
Patliputra Junction | ||||||||||||||||
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| Indian Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||
 The main entrance of the station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jagat Vihar Colony, Rukanpura, Patna, Bihar - 800025 India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°37′14″N 85°4′6″E / 25.62056°N 85.06833°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 58 metres (190 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | East Central Railway of the Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Indian Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Patna-Sonepur-Hajipur Section,Patna-Pehlejaghat-Chhapra line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | No | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | active | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | PPTA | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | East Central Railway | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 December 2015[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2013[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 50,000 per day | ||||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Patliputra Junction, station code PPTA, is a railway station in the Rukanpura area in the West End of Patna, Bihar. The station, which is governed by East Central Railway and managed by Danapur railway division,[4] lies on the Patna-Sonepur-Hajipur Section.[5] Located 12 kilometres north-west of Patna Junction,[6] it has primarily been developed to ease pressure on the city’s other two railway stations, through which roughly 350 trains pass daily.[7] It is located near Bailey Road, an important western thoroughfare in Patna.[8]
Patna lies in between New Delhi and Kolkata, one of the busiest rail routes in India. The city is a major railway hub and has six major stations: Patliputra Junction, Patna Junction, Rajendranagar Terminal, Gulzarbagh Station, Danapur Station, and Patna Sahib Station. In January 2016, the construction of India's longest road-cum-rail bridge, the Digha–Sonpur rail–road bridge, was completed on the banks of the Ganga nearby and connect Patna to Bharpura Pahleja Ghat (Sonpur).[9] The bridge is 4.55 kilometres (2.83 miles) long and therefore, the longest road-cum-rail bridge in India as well as one of the longest in the world.[10]
History
The Patliputra Junction railway station was built in 2013. The railway station is a part of Digha–Sonpur rail–road bridge[9] between Digha and Sonepur which was completed by the end of 2015. This station was built an alternate to Patna Junction, Danapur station and Rajendranagar Terminal to decongest excess load on these stations. The station will be a terminal point for most of the train coming from North Bihar. The approximate total cost accrued in building the station has been estimated at ₹1.6 Crores[11]
Facilities
The major facilities available are Waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, Reservation Counter, Vehicle parking etc.[12][13] 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.[14] Patliputra Junction is located close to the domestic airport providing transport to important destinations to all over India.[15]
Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.[16]
New developments
In Feb 2012, The Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations including Patliputra Junction by building and developing Restaurants, shopping areas and food plaza for commercial business and improving passenger amenities[17] A new railway station has been constructed (Digha Bridge Halt Railway station) at south end of bridge just south of Danapur Bankipur Road situated 3 km northward from Patliputra junction. This makes traveling from Sonpur side very easy and passengers traveling to Gandhi Maidan will save money and at least 1.5 hours time than deboarding the trains at Patliputra Junction station.
Nearest railway stations
The distance from nearby stations are:
| S.No | Station | distance (in km) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharpura Pahlejaghat | 11.46 |
| 2 | Patna | 10 |
| 3 | Phulwari Sharif | 6 |
| 4 | Danapur | 6 |
| 5 | Sonpur | 14 |
| 6 | Parmanandpur | 16 |
| 7 | Nayagaon | 20 |
| 8 | Rajendra Nagar | 13 |
| 9 | Hajipur | 20 |
| 10 | Digha Bridge Halt (DGBH) | 3 |
Trains
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The trains that halt at Patliputra are:
- Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express
- Patliputra - Chandigarh Superfast Express
- Janhit Express
- Patliputra - Lucknow Intercity Express
- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Kamakhya AC Express
- Seemanchal Express
- Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express
- North East Express
- Kolkata - Ghazipur City Weekly Express
- Tripura Sundari Express
- Barauni - Patna MEMU
- North East Express
- Patliputra - Raxaul Intercity Express
- Patliputra - Yesvantpur Express
- Patliputra - Gorakhpur Passenger
- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Patliputra Superfast Express
- Patliputra - Narkatiaganj Intercity Express
- Patliputra - Patna MEMU
- Muzaffarpur - Patliputra Memu
- Barauni - Patliputra MEMU
See also
Patna travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
- ^ AMIT BHELARI. "April date for station debut". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ Patna: Dec 16, 2015, DHNS. "Travelling by train from B'luru to Patna? Check the terminating railway station". Deccanherald.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "History of Electrification". information published by CORE (Central Organization for Railway Electrification). CORE (Central Organization for Railway Electrification). Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Patliputra railway station not yet functional - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Million dreams".
- ^ "Green flag for station".
- ^ Dream station debut Calcutta Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2013
- ^ "Patna's marginalised community still awaits basic amenities". IBNLive. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ a b "India's longest rail-cum-road bridge to come up in Bihar". Hindustan Times. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Digha bridge cost likely to jump by Rs 3,000 cr". The Times Of India. 3 July 2011.
- ^ "State-of-the-art Rs 1 crore railway station in Patna lies disused for over a year due to protests by local villagers". Dailymail.co.uk. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ Kumod Verma (12 June 2013). "Patliputra station to be functional by month-end". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Official website of the Indian Railways. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Patna Railway station". Travel,Indian Railways. makemytrip.com. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Patliputra Railway Station to be inaugurated on September 6" Biharprabha. Retrieved 29 August 2013
- ^ "8 more stations to be made models".
- ^ "Railways to set up body to develop stations". The Times of India. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
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