Saharsa Junction railway station

Saharsa Junction
Saharsa Junction; सहरसा जंक्शन
	Indian Railways station
Location	Sabzi Mandi Road, Shankar Chowk Saharsa, Saharsa district, Bihar; India
Elevation	46 metres (151 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central
Line(s)	Barauni–Katihar (SHC–MNE) Saharsa–Purnia (SHC–DMH–PRNA) Saharsa–Forbesganj (SHC–FBG) Saharsa–Darbhanga (SHC–DBG) Construction line (approved) Saharsa–Araria (SHC–SUO–ARS) Saharsa–Bihariganj via BNKI Saharsa–Kursela (SHC–BNKI–BHGJ)
Platforms	5
Tracks	7
Connections	Major railway station in north eastern Bihar
Construction
Structure type	Standard
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	SHC
Zone(s)	East Central Railway Zone
Division(s)	Samastipur
Classification	"A" Category
Website	www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
History
Opened	1887
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Saharsa jn
Passengers
	500000+ per day
Services
Location
	Saharsa Junction Location in Bihar Saharsa Junction Location in India

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 is an 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 Kosi division.

Strategic importance

It is planned to be the largest and busiest railway station in Samastipur railway division after the completion of Saharsa–Forbesganj and Saharsa–Darbhanga routes as it will be a Source-Terminus station of many premium and other trains as well as a major stoppage of ongoing trains. Recently, Saharsa Junction railway station has been selected under Railway Privatisation scheme making the facilities and infrastructure matching the world class level.

Saharsa Jn rail yard is the first LHB coach maintenance yard in East Central Rail Zone (ECR). Establishing a hi-tech washing pit has been approved by Ministry of Railways at a cost of 12 crores 44 lakhs INR. It is the top 50 rail ticket booking station in India and top 5 rail ticket booking station in ECR zone.

To reduce the congestion of Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati route, two bypass routes are under construction one from Jalalgarh to Kisanganj and other from Araria to Thakurganj. After the completion the train traffic going to North East India will be diverted to Saharsa–Purnea–Jalalgarh–Guwahati and Saharsa–Forbesganj–Araria–Silliguri lines.

Connectivity

Saharsa connected to the major cities in India like Patna, Delhi, Kolkata Mumbai, Surat, Ranchi, Kanpur, Prayag Raj, Lucknow, Amritsar many other 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 Garib Rath. It is also the originating junction of premium train such as Humsafar Express, Garib Rath Express, Rajya Rani Express, Superfast Express, and many Express train.[1][2]

Facilities

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

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

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[1] "SHC/Saharsa Junction". India Rail Info. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017.

[2] Seven pairs of special trains for Jasidih Archived 2017-08-02 at the Wayback Machine