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Rajgir railway station

Railway station in Bihar

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Rajgir railway station
Indian Railways station
Station platform board
General information
Location	Rajgir station rd, NH 120, Rajgir, Bihar India
Coordinates	25°01′59″N 85°24′54″E / 25.033°N 85.415°E / 25.033; 85.415
Elevation	71 metres (233 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway zone
Line(s)	Bakhtiarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya line Bakhtiarpur–Rajgir–Gaya Bakhtiarpur–Rajgir–Koderma (UC)
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	RGD
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Danapur
History
Opened	1962
Electrified	Yes (2016–2017)
Passengers
1819 (daily)[1]
Location Rajgir railway station Location in Bihar Show map of India Rajgir railway station Rajgir railway station (Bihar) Show map of Bihar

v t e Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
Legend
km on Asansol–Patna sectionof Howrah–Delhi main line 0 Bakhtiyarpur 3 Karnauti Halt Falgu River 7 Kharuara Halt Harnaut–Mokama section toMokama Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut 11 Harnaut NH 431 14 Murhari Halt 16 Wena 18 Imlibigha Halt SH 78 19 Rahui Road 20 Ambapendarpur Halt 21 Dekpura Halt Panchane River 27 Sohsarai Neora-Sheikhpura linetoNeora 30 Bihar Sharif NH 33 Neora–Sheikhpura linetoSheikhpura toNawada (planned) toJehanabad (planned) 34 Tungi (Halt) toNawada (planned) NH 20 36 Pawapuri Road Panchane River 37 Deepnagar Halt 42 Nalanda 44 Marahra 47 Silao 49 Karahdih Halt 51 Sardar Patel Halt NH 120 54 Rajgir SH 71 61 Nekpur Fatuha–Tilaiya linetoFatuha 71 Natesar toGaya Under construction 78 Jethian 82 Sarsoo Dhadhar River 90 Oro Jagdishpur 94 Mohamadpur 96 Hisua NH 120 Gaya–Kiul linetoKiul 100 Tilaiya Gaya–Kiul linetoGaya 107 Narhat 115 Laundh 123 Kheraundh toKoderma (Under construction)

Rajgir railway station is a railway station serving the city of Rajgir in the Indian state of Bihar. Rajgir is in the Danapur railway division of the East Central Railway zone. Rajgir is well connected with Patna Junction, Harnaut, Jehanabad, Bihar Sharif, Gaya Junction, Islampur, Nawada and Bakhtiyarpur Junction through daily passenger and express train services. It is located near Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Rajgir Nalanda.

History[edit]

Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)-wide narrow-gauge railway laid by Martin's Light Railways from BakhtiarpurtoBihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911.^[2][3][4][5] It was taken over by the local district board in 1950, nationalised in 1962, and converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in).^[2][3]

The broad-gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. This line will transport coal from the Hazaribagh–Koderma coal belt for the Barh Thermal Power Station via Harnaut railway station.^[6] The line was sanctioned in 2001–02 and is to be extended up to Koderma.^[7]

Facilities[edit]

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, reservation counter, and vehicle parking.^[8] The 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.^[9] Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.

Platform[edit]

There are three platforms in the Rajgir railway station. The platforms are interconnected with foot overbridges (FOB). It has two foot overbridges, the third overbridge is under construction.^[when?]

Trains[edit]

Rajgir railway station is a major station of the East Central Railways. Several local passenger trains also run from Rajgir to neighbouring destinations at frequent intervals. The following table lists all the trains passing from Rajgir station: (As of July 2019^[update])^[10]

Nearest airport[edit]

Airports near by Rajgir are:

• Patna International Airport (99.5 km)
• Gaya International Airport (75.2 km)
• Rajgir international Airport Rajgir Nalanda 2 km

In February 2012, the Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations including Rajgir railway station by building and developing restaurants, shopping areas and food plazas for commercial business and improving passenger amenities.^[11]

References[edit]

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