Bapudham Motihari railway station

Bapudham Motihari railway station (previously Motihari railway station) is a major railway station in Motihari, East Champaran district of Bihar. Its station code is BMKI.[2] The station mainly consists of two platforms and is the main station, in the city of Motihari.[3][4][5]

Bapudham Motihari
Indian Railway
View of Bapudham Motihari Station Board, Bihar
LocationState Highway 54, Motihari, East Champaran district, Bihar
 India
Coordinates26°39′17.6″N 84°54′17.6″E
Elevation72 metres (236 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEast Central Railways
Line(s)Barauni–Samastipur section
Platforms2
Tracks4 broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingYes
Disabled access Available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBMKI
Zone(s) East Central Railway zone
Division(s) Samastipur
History
ElectrifiedYes (In 2014[1])
Previous namesEast Indian Railways
Location
Bapudham Motihari railway station
Location within Bihar
Bapudham Motihari railway station
Bapudham Motihari railway station (India)

Connectivity

There are total 49 trains available,[6] which connect to some major cities of India viz., Amritsar, Bihar (Darbhanga, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Narkatiaganj, Patliputra, Raxaul & Saharsa), Dehradun, Delhi (Anand Vihar), Guwahati, Gujarat (Ahmedabad & Porbandar), Howrah (Kolkata), Jaipur, Jammu, Mumbai (Bandra & LTT) and Uttar Pradesh (Bareilly, Kanpur, Lucknow & Manduadih).

Historical background

It holds many historical references such as the start of the Champaran Satyagraha, in April 1917, on the request of Raj Kumar Shukla, for which Mahatma Gandhi went to Champaran and started the Satyagraha Movement against the cultivation of neel, in the Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the period of the British Raj. It was the first Satyagraha Movement, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. Another important Satyagraha just after this revolt was Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, which was also here for the first time, Mahatma Gandhi was first addressed as Bapu & Mahatma.[7][8]

Due to these movements, the station name changed from Motihari railway station to Bapudham Motihari railway station, as a special tribute, for the contribution towards independence of India by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.

Ranking

As per Station Superintendent Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, it was ranked 264th in the year 2018. And was again ranked 23rd for the overall cleanliness, among the list of the top 100 stations, including the new stations of East-Central Railway, in October 2019. Rajesh Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway Hajipur, said that it has ranked 9th among the top 10 stations, which have improved rapidly in the whole country.

It has also been included in the list of top 25 railway stations in the India, released by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, for the ranking of clean and green stations in New Delhi, to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.[9][10]

References
  1. "सपना साकार, अब फर्राटे भरेगी विद्युत ट्रेन". Jagran.com (in Hindi). 22 December 2014.
  2. "BMKI/Bapudham Motihari". India Rail Info.
  3. Duttagupta, Samonway (24 December 2015). "IRCTC launches a new train specially for New Year travellers". India Today.
  4. Shukla, Vivek (26 February 2015). "प्रभु भी नहीं दे पाए बिहार की रेल परियोजनाओं को स्पीड" (in Hindi).
  5. "Bapudham Motihari Raiway Station Model" (PDF).
  6. Shaikh, Azar S. "Bapudham Motihari Station – 49 Train Departures ECR/East Central Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. "The Champaran – Champaran Foundation". Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. "History of Motihari and East Champaran | Mahatama Gandhi and Satyagrah Andolan in Champaran | George Orwell in Motihari". www.apnamotihari.com. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. "देश में 23 वीं रैंक पर मोतिहारी रेलवे स्टेशन". Live Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. "बापूधाम मोतिहारी स्टेशन को स्वच्छता रैंकिंग में 23वां स्थान, जानें किनके बीच था मुकाबला East champaran News". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 April 2020.


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