Siwan Junction railway station is a railway station in the city of Siwan, in the 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 ...

.This station is well connected to all major cities of India serving passengers of District Siwan and Gopalganj . It is well connected with major cities like

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, Amritsar, Ranchi,

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, Kanpur, Jamshedpur and

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. Though this station serves the people of both Siwan and

Gopalganj Gopalganj may refer to: Bangladesh *Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, a district of Dhaka Division ** Gopalganj, Bangladesh, a town and headquarter of Gopalganj district ** Gopalganj Sadar Upazila, an upazila of Gopalganj District ** Gopalganj-1, a ...

district, this station is always ignored due to political reasons.

Jurisdiction

It belongs to the

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of the

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 ...

Siwan district Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran Division since 1972. The district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after ...

. The station code is SV. and it serves commuters of both the district Siwan and Gopalganj.

Line

The station lies on the - main line and a line diverges here for Thawe Junction.

Trains

Vaishali Express Vaishali Express is a daily Superfast train service, connecting Saharsa in Bihar to New Delhi. This train is one of the oldest train in this route. Earlier it was known as Muzaffarpur–New Delhi Jayanti Jayanta Express. It is the first train ...

, Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express, Arunachal AC Superfast Express, Tatanagar-Thawe Express,

Lichchavi Express The 14005 / 14006 Lichchavi Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between & Sitamarhi in India. It operates as train number 14006 from Anand Vihar Terminal to Sitamarhi and as train numbe ...

, Saharsa-Amritsar Garib Rath Express, Maurya Express are some famous trains passing through Siwan railway station.

Gallery

File:Siwan Junction Platform Board.jpg, Platform board at the Siwan Junction railway station File:Siwan Junction railway lines.jpg, Railway lines at the Siwan Junction railway station

References

External links

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