Hajipur Junction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Express train and Passenger train station | |||||
 Main entrance of Hajipur Jn. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Station Rd., Hajipur - 844101, Bihar, India | ||||
| Coordinates | 25°42′8″N 85°12′55″E / 25.70222°N 85.21528°E | ||||
| Elevation | 55 metres (180 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | East Central Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | |||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||
| Connections | Bus, Auto, Taxi, Cab | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Available  | ||||
| Accessible | Yes  | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning (Wi-Fi enabled) | ||||
| Station code | HJP[1] | ||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Sonpur | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1862[2] | ||||
| Electrified | (2013–2016)[3] 25 kV 50 Hz AC (Double Electric–line) | ||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railway | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 70,000/day | |||||
| Services | |||||
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04 Rajdhani, 02 Garib Rath, 130 Superfast/Mail/Express, 20 Passenger/Demu/Memu trains | |||||
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Hajipur Junction, (station code HJP), is a major railway station and headquarters in the Sonpur division of East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[4][5] Hajipur Junction is located in Hajipur city in the Indian state of Bihar.[6] Hajipur is the district headquarters of Vaishali district and is located at 33 km by rail route from Patna Junction. East Central Railway was inaugurated on 8 September 1996 with headquarters at Hajipur, Bihar. It became operational on 1 October 2002.[5][7] [4]
Hajipur is well connected with various major cities of Bihar like Patna, Sonpur, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Chhapra and Siwan. Hajipur Junction railway station is directly connected to most of the major cities in India.[8][7]
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- ^ "Dream come true, now electric train will be filled with speed" [Realizing the dream, now the electric train will fill]. Jagran.com. 22 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Sonpur Railway Division" (PDF). Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016. ecr.indianrailways.gov.in
- ^ a b Official website of East Central railway Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine ecr.indianrailways.gov.in
- ^ "Official Website of Sonpur Division of East Central Railway". Government of India. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012. sonpurrail.gov.in
- ^ a b "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016. indianrail.gov.in
- ^ Kory Goldberg; Michelle Dcary (9 November 2009). Along the Path – The Meditator's Companion to the Buddha's Land. Pariyatti. pp. 200–. ISBN 978-1-928706-56-4. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2012.