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 and Gaya Junction stops here. Bihar Sharif has well connected trains running frequently to New Delhi, ,

Varanasi Junction Varanasi Junction railway station (station code: BSB), also known as Varanasi Cantt railway station, is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi. The other key railway stations in Varanasi Metro area are (formerly Manduadih), , P ...

, 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. A new branch line between 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.

History

Bakhtiyarpur Bihar Light Railway was a -wide

narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard-gauge railway, standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum r ...

laid by Martin's Light Railways from Bakhtiyarpur to Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911. It was taken over by the local district board in 1950, nationalised in 1962 and converted to . The broad-gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. This line will transport coal from the Koderma– Hazaribagh coal belt for Barh Super Thermal Power Station via Harnaut station. The line was sanctioned in 2001–02 and is to be extended up to Koderma, which is under construction. Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur–Tilaiya–Kiul sector and Fatuha–Islampur and Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir sectors were announced in the rail budget for 2010–11. Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir section has been electrified in 2016–2017, while Rajgir–Tilaiya–Gaya section has been electrified along with Kiul–Gaya section in 2017–2018. Bihar Sharif–Daniyawan section is electrified in 2019 and inaugurated on 17 Feb 2019 by PM Narendra Modi. Survey work for doubling of Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line has been completed and awaiting for green signal from Railway Safety Commissioner. A new line between Bihar Sharif, Pawapuri road station and

Nawada Nawada is a city and a municipality in Bihar, India. It is also the headquarters of the Nawada district. It is the headquarters of the subdivision of the same name, lying on both sides of the Khuri River( also known as Sakri river in some ...

has been planned and currently Engineering cum Traffic Survey is underprocess.https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2018-19/IFF_2018-19/ECR_Integrated%20Financial%20Figures%202018-19.pdf This line will connect

to Patna directly by train via Bihar Sharif also Nawada to Rajgir via Pawapuri road station. A new line between Bihar Sharif and Jehanabad also has been planned and currently Engineering cum Traffic Survey is underprocess. This line will connect Bihar Sharif to Jehanabad directly by train via

Ekangarsarai Ekangarsarai is a census town and corresponding community development block in Nalanda district of Bihar state, India. As of 2011, its population was 6,672. Geography It is located at at an elevation of 55 m above MSL. This small city is ve ...

Structure

There are two platforms in the Bihar Sharif Junction railway station And platform number 3/4/5 are under construction. The platforms are interconnected with a single foot overbridge and another foot overbridge which will connect platform number 1 to 5 is also under construction.

Developments

In February 2012, the Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations including Bihar Sharif by building and developing restaurants, shopping areas and food plazas for commercial business and improving passenger amenities. As of 2018, it was still under construction.

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Bihar Sharif junction are: * Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna * Gaya Airport

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