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Gaya Junction | |||||||||
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 Indian Railways junction station | |||||||||
 Gaya railway junction platform no. 2&3 | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Location | Gaya, Gaya district, Bihar India | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°48′12″N 84°59′58″E / 24.80333°N 84.99944°E | ||||||||
| Elevation | 117 metres (384 ft) | ||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||
| Operated by | East Central Railway zone | ||||||||
| Line(s) | Grand Chord Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line Asansol–Gaya section Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Patna–Gaya line Gaya–Kiul line | ||||||||
| Platforms | 9+1(under construction) | ||||||||
| Tracks | 14 | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Status | Functional | ||||||||
| Station code | GAYA | ||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway zone | ||||||||
| Division(s) | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 1879 | ||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company Eastern Railway zone | ||||||||
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Gaya Junction railway station is a junction station serving the city of Gaya, the headquarters of Gaya district and Magadh Division in the Indian state of Bihar. Gaya is in the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division of the East Central Railway zone. Grand Chord rail-line that connects Howrah and New Delhi passes through Gaya. It lies between Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction on the Delhi side and Dhanbad Junction on the Howrah side. It is located at 24°48′13″N 84°59′57″E / 24.80361°N 84.99917°E.[1] It has an elevation of 117 metres (384 ft). Gaya is connected with most of the states through rail network. Very few trains do-not stop here- sealdah duranto, bhubaneswar duranto, jharkhand sampark kranti and Odisha sampark kranti. There are also two other broad-gauge train lines from Gaya, one to Patna and the other to Kiul Junction. The city has two major railway stations: Gaya Junction & Manpur Junction. Gaya is well connected with Patna, Jehanabad, Biharsharif, Rajgir, Islampur, Nawada, Dehri on sone through daily passenger and express train services.
- ^ "Gaya Junction". Wikimapia. Retrieved 1 December 2011.[unreliable source?]