Jamalpur Junction railway station, station code JMP, is the railway station serving the

Munger Munger, formerly spelt as Monghyr, is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern ...

– Jamalpur twin cities in the

Munger district Munger district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Munger city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Munger district is a part of Munger Division. Its literacy rate of 73.3% is higher than the st ...

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 ...

Location

Jamalpur Junction is the main railhead for

city. Jamalpur Junction is part of the

Malda railway division Malda railway division is one of the four railway divisions under Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed in 1975 and its headquarter is located at Malda in the state of West Bengal of India. Asansol railway di ...

of the Eastern Railway zone of the

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...

. Jamalpur Junction is connected to metropolitan areas of India,

Sahibganj loop The Sahibganj loop is a railway line connecting Khana Junction and Kiul Junction. Originally a part of the Howrah–Delhi main line, it was opened to traffic in 1866. With the construction of a shorter railway line for a part of the route, the ...

via – route. It has an average elevation of . The station is located about 8 km from Munger city.

Lines

Traveling south-west, Kiul Junction railway station is the main station next to Jamalpur. Going east, is the nearest main station. A mega

Munger Ganga Bridge Shri Krishna Setu (Munger Ganga Bridge) is a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges, at Munger in the Indian state of Bihar and named after first Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Krishna Singh. The bridge connects the Munger-Jamalpur twin cities in ...

connects it to nearby districts like Begusarai, Khagaria and various districts of North Bihar .

Infrastructure

There are four platforms. The platforms are connected by two foot overbridges and elevators. It is the first station of the Malda Division to have a Centralised Route Relay Interlocking (CRRI) system.

References

Railway stations in Munger district Railway junction stations in Bihar Malda railway division {{Bihar-railstation-stub

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