Muzaffarpur Junction railway station, station code MFP, is an A1 category railway station in the Sonpur division of

East Central Railway The East Central Railway (abbreviated ECR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Hajipur and comprises Sonpur, Samastipur, Danapur, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, and Dhanbad divisions. History First set up on 8 ...

. Muzaffarpur Junction is selected in station re-development plan with airport facilities & will be by Railway Infrastructure Development authority. Muzaffarpur Junction is located in

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 ...

city, the headquarters of

Muzaffarpur district Muzaffarpur District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Muzaffarpur district is part of and also the headquarters of Tirhut Division Tirhut is the ancient name of all of northern Bihar. History Muzaffarpur was a par ...

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 ...

Background

In February 2012, the

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had planned to set up a railway station Development Corporation (RSDC) that would work on improving the major railway stations, including Muzaffarpur Junction, by building and improving passenger amenities. Under the development scheme, major development works are going on Muzaffarpur Junction. Separate air conditioned waiting lounge, free

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facility,

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food court and many facilities are going to be available on Muzaffarpur Junction at the end of 2018. To enhance the security of this station, a

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and baggage handling system will be installed soon.

Passenger movement

Muzaffarpur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of the Indian Railway.

Platforms

There are eight platforms in Muzaffarpur Junction. The station ranks 46th out of 75 A1 category stations of Indian Railways included in the Cleanness Survey conducted by

in 2017. The platforms are interconnected with three

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s. Platforms no.6,7 and 8 are mainly for Hajipur,

Sitamarhi Sitamarhi is an Indian city and the district headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in the Mithila region of Bihar and is a part of the Tirhut Division. It dates back to the time of Ramayana and is considered as the place where Janaka found Sit ...

, Narkatiaganj and

Raxaul Raxaul is a sub-divisional town in the East Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated at the India-Nepal border with Birgunj city (Nepal). Raxaul is a major railway junction. The Indian border town of Raxaul has become on ...

-bound passenger trains and some low-priority trains in the direction. Platforms no. 1, 2, 3,4 and 5 cater to most of the trains passing through the junction; platforms no. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are the most important.

Trains

Sonpur is the divisional headquarters, and all the trains passing through this route have stoppages here. Several electrified local passenger trains and express trains run from Muzaffarpur to neighbouring destinations. The following is a list of all the trains passing from Muzaffarpur Junction (as of 10 May 2012). The Muzaffarpur Junction is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains such as Sapt Kranti Express,

Garib Rath Express The Garib Rath ("Poor's chariot") is a No frills, no-frills air-conditioned train started by the Indian Railways in 2005 to provide subsidized price air-conditioned long-distance travel to passengers who could not afford standard fares of air-c ...

etc. ISO 9001:2008 certified train

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 ...

crosses the station daily in both directions and ISO 9001:2008 certified train

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Rajdhani Express Rajdhani may refer to: * ''Rajdhani'' (film), 1956 Indian film * ''Rajadhani'' (1994 film), Indian Malayalam-language film * ''Rajadhani'' (2011 film), Indian Kannada-language film * Rajdhani, Kotli, a village in Pakistan * Rajdhani, Gorakhpur, ...

crosses the junction. Champaran Humsafar Express from Katihar to Delhi is running twice a week from 10 April 2018. File:Aerial view of Muzaffarpur Junction.jpg, Aerial view of Muzaffarpur Junction with sunset File:Passenger train at Muzaffarpur Junction.jpg, Passenger train approaching Muzaffarpur Junction (from Motihari)

References

External links

Muzaffarpur Junction map
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