The Patna–Gaya line is a railway line connecting

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

on the Howrah–Delhi main line and Gaya on the

Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line The Howrah–Gaya–Delhi is a railway line connecting and Delhi cutting across Indo-Gangetic Plain and a comparatively small stretch of the line crossing over the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It covers a distance of across, West Bengal, Jharkhand, ...

both in the Indian state of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

History

Gaya was connected to Patna in 1900 by

East Indian Railway Company The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod ...

Electrification

The Gaya–Jahanabad sector was electrified in 2002–2003. Electrification of the Patna–Gaya line was completed in 2003.

Passenger movement

and Gaya, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.

Railway reorganisation

In 1952, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion of

, east of Mughalsarai and

Bengal Nagpur Railway The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway. History The opening of the ...

. Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. North Eastern Railway was formed with

Oudh and Tirhut Railway The Oudh and Tirhut Railway was a Railway company operated in India. History On 1 January 1943, the Bengal and North Western Railway and the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway (R&K worked) were acquired by the Government of India and they were am ...

, Assam Railway and a portion of

Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (reporting mark BB&CI) was a company incorporated in 1855 to undertake the task of constructing railway lines between Bombay to the erstwhile Baroda State, that became the present-day Baroda (Vadod ...

. East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.

Trains

The following trains serves this region * Patna-Ranchi Jan Shatabdi Express * Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express * Kosi Express * Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express * Patna-Bhabua Road Intercity Express * Patna-Singrauli Express *

Palamu Express The 13347 / 13348 Palamu Express is an Express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13347/13348 train numbers on a daily basis. Service The 13347/Palamu Express ha ...

* Islampur-Hatia Express *

Ganga Damodar Express The 13329 / 13330 Ganga Damodar Express is an Express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13329/13330 train numbers on a daily basis. Service The 13329/Ganga Damo ...

Budhpurnima Express The Budhpurnima Express () is an express train of East central Railway zone of Indian Railways. It runs between major "Buddhist Hubs" such as Rajgir, Pawapuri, Nalanda, Patna, Gaya, Varanasi/Sarnath cities in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. It is ope ...

While There are also a lot of Passenger and Express trains that serves this section.

References

External links

Trains at Patna JunctionTrains at JehanabadTrains at Gaya
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