Sainthia Junction railway station

Sainthia Junction সাঁইথিয়া জংশন
Indian Railways junction station
Sainthia Junction Platform No. 5
General information
Location	Station Road, Sainthia, Birbhum district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	23°56′58″N 87°40′52″E / 23.94944°N 87.68111°E / 23.94944; 87.68111
Elevation	58 metres (190 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Sahibganj loop Andal–Sainthia branch line
Platforms	5[1]
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	Standard
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SNT
Zone(s)	Eastern Railways
Division(s)	Howrah
History
Opened	1 September 1859; 165 years ago (1 September 1859)
Electrified	2016; 8 years ago (2016)
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Sainthia Junction railway station is one of the oldest stations in India serves Sainthia city of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a "NSG-5" category railway station. The railway station is under the administrative control of Howrah division of Eastern Railway. Sainthia Junction comes under the jurisdiction of Sainthia GRP Police Station.^[2] There is a total of 55 train arrivals and departures per day happening at this railway station. Sainthia Junction the 3rd busiest railway station in Birbhum district.^[3][4] This railway station is the busiest "NSG-5" category railway station in Howrah division and 6th busiest in all of NSG category railway stations in Howrah division.^[5] It also serves as the originating station of 4 important trains. In this station the famous Sainthia train collision took place between Uttar Banga Express and Vananchal Express^[6]