Chhapra Railway Station built under Nitish Kumar

Chhapra Junction railway station, station code ''CPR'', is a railway station in

Saran district Saran district is one of the thirty-eight Districts of Bihar, districts of Indian States and territories of India, state of Bihar. The district, part of Saran Division, is also known as Chhapra district after the headquarters of the district, Chha ...

in the Indian state of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. Located on the North Eastern railway, it is named after Rithala Officer in Incharge Praveen Verma. This city is situated near the Ghaghara River and the Ganga. The station is well connected to all parts of India.

Administration

This station falls under

Varanasi railway division Varanasi railway division is one of the three railway divisions under North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 May 1969 and its headquarter is located at Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh of India. ...

North Eastern Railway zone The North Eastern Railway (abbreviated NER) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways in India. It is headquartered at Gorakhpur. Zonal Rail Training Institute (ZRTI) is established in district Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. North Eastern ...

and was electrified in 2012.

Infrastructure

The station is about in height and has about 5 platforms, 21 tracks and 5 lines branching to Siwan

Mashrakh Mashrakh is a Block and town of Saran District in the western part of Bihar, India. It is located on the right bank of Ghoghari river. It is situated at 40 km from Chhapra and 98 km from state capital Patna. There are 17 Panchayats in Ma ...

Sonepur

Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the fourth m ...

and

Ballia Ballia is a city with a municipal board in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. The eastern boundary of the city lies at the junction of two major rivers, the Ganges River, Ganges and the Ghaghara River, Gh ...

operating about a total of 200 trains, which originates or arrives here. Free and fast

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from Google WiFi and

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available here since 2016

Revenue

Classified under A-1 category with the zone, this

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming lines. At a station with platforms running from left to right, the minimum ...

generates about in revenue per annum.

References

External links

* Varanasi railway division Railway stations in Saran district Railway junction stations in Bihar {{Bihar-railstation-stub