Samastipur Junction railway station explained

Type: Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Samastipur, Bihar
Elevation:46.54m (152.69feet)
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:7
Tracks:15
Parking:Available
Accessible:Yes
Opened:1875
Electrified:2014[1]
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:East Central Railways
Status:Functioning
Passengers:2.5 lakh per day
Map Dot Label:Samastipur Junction
Map Type:India Bihar#India
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map

Samastipur Junction railway station (station code: SPJ), is a railway station serving the city of Samastipur in the Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.[2] The Samastipur Junction railway station, is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. Samastipur station is well connected to Patna, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Howrah, Bangalore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Guwahati, Surat, Lucknow, Chennai, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Gwalior and other major cities. It is also the originating station for many express trains.

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, a retiring room, computerised reservation facility, a reservation counter and vehicle parking etc.[3] [4] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are refreshment rooms with vegetarian and non-vegetarian food items, a 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 at the station.[5] The station is also equipped with free Wi-Fi. The station also has recently been equipped with lifts at both ends of the station.

Platforms

There are seven platforms at Samastipur Junction. The platforms are interconnected with two foot overbridges (FOB). Platform 3,4 and 5 are the busiest platforms and are mostly used for long-haul trains.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: सपना साकार, अब फर्राटे भरेगी विद्युत ट्रेन 11899365 . 14 January 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150121031604/http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-11899365.html . 21 January 2015 .
  2. Web site: SPJ/Samastipur Junction (9) . India Rail Info . 12 March 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012224604/http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/samastipur-junction-spj/559 . 12 October 2013 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Patliputra station to be functional by month-end . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615054211/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-12/patna/39924147_1_passenger-trains-patliputra-railways . dead . 15 June 2013 . . 12 June 2013 . 24 July 2013 . Kumod Verma.
  4. Web site: List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available. Indian Railways. 18 April 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130703033000/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/location_Alphabetically.html. 3 July 2013.
  5. News: 8 more stations to be made models . https://archive.today/20130103084612/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-12/patna/27114696_1_terminal-station-passengers-amenities-year-danapur. dead. 3 January 2013. . 6 March 2014.