Bihar Sharif Junction railway station

Bihar Sharif Junction
Indian Railways station
Bihar Sharif Junction station board
General information
LocationNH 33 (Old NH82), Bihar Sharif, Bihar
India
Coordinates25°11′49″N 85°31′05″E / 25.197°N 85.518°E / 25.197; 85.518
Elevation56 metres (184 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEast Central Railway
Line(s)Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
(extension to Koderma under construction)
Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line (under construction)
Bihar Sharif–Nawada line (planned)[1]
Bihar Sharif–Jehanabad line (planned)[1]
Platforms5
Tracks5+1(Track/Machine Line)
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBEHS
Zone(s) East Central Railway
Division(s) Danapur
Fare zoneEast Central Railway
History
Opened1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Rebuilt1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Electrified2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Passengers
2,392 per day[2]
Services
East Central Railway zone
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Sohsarai
Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Tungi Halt
towards Rajgir or Tilaiya
Sohsarai
(under construction)
Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Nepura
(under construction)
towards Sheikhpura
Location
Bihar Sharif Junction is located in India
Bihar Sharif Junction
Bihar Sharif Junction
Location within India
Bihar Sharif Junction is located in Bihar
Bihar Sharif Junction
Bihar Sharif Junction
Bihar Sharif Junction (Bihar)

Bihar Sharif Junction railway station, station code BEHS, is a railway station under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Bihar sharif is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi–Kolkata main line via Mughalsarai–Patna route. Station is located in Bihar Sharif city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line, many trains from Patna and other cities via Bakhtiyarpur Junction, and trains coming from Rajgir and Gaya Junction stops here. Bihar Sharif has well connected trains running frequently to New Delhi, Patna Junction, Varanasi Junction, and Howrah Junction and with nearby cities Gaya Junction, Rajgir railway station, Tilaiya railway station, Bhagalpur railway station, Kiul Junction through daily passenger and express train services.

Rail branch line between Neora railway station and Sheikhpura railway station via Neora, Jatdumri, Daniyawan, Bihar Sharif, Shiekhpura is under construction in which Bihar Sharif–Daniyawan section was partially started in 2015.

  1. ^ a b "Government of India - Ministry of Railways - Lok Sabha - Unstarred Question No. 5515" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Station: BIHAR SHARIF (BEHS)". Rail Drishti. Retrieved 11 February 2020.