Saharsa Junction railway station
Saharsa Junction | ||||||||||||||||
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| Indian Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sabzi Mandi Road, Shankar Chowk Saharsa, Bihar India | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 46 metres (151 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | East Central | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Barauni-Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections]] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Operational | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | SHC | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Samastipur railway division | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Saharsa jn | |||||||||||||||
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| 100000/per day | ||||||||||||||||
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Saharsa Junction railway station is a main railway station in Saharsa district, Bihar. Its code is SHC. It serves Saharsa city. The station consists of 5 platforms. It's A category railway station of Samastipur railway division. Due to less railway facility,less expansion of rail network in Supaul & Madhepura district's people used to catch trains from Saharsa instead of their own stations. It is the main railway junction of this Division.
Saharsa jn rail yard is the first LHB coach maintenance yard in East Central Rail Zone(ECR). It is the top 50 rail ticket booking station in India and top 5 rail ticket booking station in ECR zone. Saharsa connected to the major cities in India like Patna,Delhi, Kolkata Mumbai, Surat, Ranchi, Kanpur, Prayag Raj, Lucknow, Amritsar other many cities by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. India's first Graib Rath has started from here which was 12203 Saharsa-Amritsar Graib Rath. It is also the originating junction of premium train such as Humsafar Express, Graib Rath Express, Rajya Rani Express, Superfast Express, and many Express train .[1][2]
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, Reservation Counter, Vehicle parking etc.
There are refreshment rooms vegetarian and non vegetarian, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police office.
Major trains
- Bandra Terminus - Saharsa Humsafar Express
- Vashali SF Express
- Champaran Humsafar Express
- Saharsa Amritsar Garib Rath Express
- Saharsa Patna Rajya Rani Express
- Poorbiya Express
- Janhit Express
- Hate Bazare Express
- Saharsa - Amritsar Jan Sadharan Express
- Banmankhi - Amritsar Jan Sewa Express
- Saharsa - Barauni Express
- Janaki Intercity Express
- Saharsa - Anand Vihar Jan Sadharan Express
- Saharsa - Amritsar Jan Sadharan Weekly Express
- Purnia Court - Hatia Kosi Express
- Saharsa - Rajendra Nagar Intercity Express
- Saharsa - Samastipur Passenger
- Saharsa - Purnia Passenger
References
- ^ "SHC/Saharsa Junction". India Rail Info. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017.
- ^ Seven pairs of special trains for Jasidih Archived 2017-08-02 at the Wayback Machine