Ara Junction railway station
Ara Junction | ||||||||||||||||
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 Indian Railways station | ||||||||||||||||
 View of Ara Junction | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Station Road, Arrah, Bhojpur district, Bihar-802301 India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°32′56″N 84°39′41″E / 25.5488°N 84.6614°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 59 metres (194 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | East Central Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Howrah–Delhi main line, Ara–Sasaram–Bhabua line, (Patna–Mughalsarai section) | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (1 under construction)+2 for goods | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  Available | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | ARA | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Danapur | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 175000 per day[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Ara Junction railway station (station code: ARA), is a railway station serving the city of Arrah in the Bhojpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Arrah Junction railway station, is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network, which lies in between Howrah–Delhi main line which serves it with numerous trains. Arrah is well connected to Patna, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Kanpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Agra, Prayagraj, Varansi, Bhopal, Jaipur, Surat, Kota, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Ranchi, and other cities of India.
Facilities
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc.[2][3] Vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are refreshment rooms vegetarian and non vegetarian, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police (G.R.P) office. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.[4] and a gusarkhana.
Platforms
There are four platforms at Arrah Junction. The platforms are interconnected with two pedestrian over-bridges (FOB).
References
- ^ https://www.raildrishti.in/raildrishti/mobilesite/stationBhuvan.jsp
- ^ Kumod Verma (12 June 2013). "Patliputra station to be functional by month-end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ "8 more stations to be made models". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
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