Patliputra Junction | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Indian Railways 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 | Danapur | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Patna–Pehlejaghat–Chhapra-Siwan line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | PPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | East Central Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 December 2015[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2013[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 50,000 per day | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Patliputra Junction, Station code (PPTA), is a railway station in the Rukanpura area in the West End of Patna, Bihar.[4][5] The station, which is governed by East Central Railway and managed by Danapur railway division,[6] lies on the Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section.[7] Located 12 kilometres north-west of Patna Junction,[8] it has primarily been developed to ease pressure on the city's other two railway stations, through which roughly 350 trains pass daily.[9] It is located near Bailey Road,[10] an important western thoroughfare in Patna.[11] Patliputra junction has become the fourth terminal of the Danapur railway division after Patna Junction, Danapur station and Rajendranagar Terminal.
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, Danapur, Rajendranagar Terminal, Gulzarbagh, and Patna Sahib. 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).[12] 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.[13]
- ^ AMIT BHELARI. "April date for station debut". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ Patna: Dec 16, 2015, DHNS. "Travelling by train from B'luru to Patna? Check the terminating railway station". Deccanherald.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. 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 Organisation for Railway Electrification). CORE (Central Organisation for Railway Electrification). Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Illegal bldgs flourish near Patliputra Jn".
- ^ "Road to Patliputra Jn unsafe at night".
- ^ "Patliputra railway station not yet functional – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Million dreams". Archived from the original on 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Green flag for station". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
- ^ Dream station debut Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Calcutta Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2013
- ^ "Forget junction till Lok Sabha polls - Patliputra station embroiled in politics among residents, state government and railways".
- ^ "Patna's marginalised community still awaits basic amenities". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "India's longest rail-cum-road bridge to come up in Bihar". Hindustan Times. 12 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Digha bridge cost likely to jump by Rs 3,000 cr". The Times of India. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2012.