Sitamarhi Junction railway station explained

Sitamarhi Junction
Style:Indian Railways
Type:Indian Railways station
Address:Mirchai Patti Road, Sitamarhi, Bihar
Country:India
Elevation:69m (226feet)
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:East Central
Line:Sitamarhi–Hajipur line (via Muzaffarpur)
Sitamarhi–Gorakhpur line (via Raxaul, Narkatiyaganj)
Sitamarhi–Samastipur line (via Darbhanga)
Platform:5
Tracks:8
Bicycle:No
Parking:Yes
Structure:Standard (on ground station)
Status:Active
Electrified:Yes.

Sitamarhi Junction railway station is a main railway station in Sitamarhi district, Bihar. Its code is SMI. It serves Sitamarhi City. The station consists of five platforms. It is an A category railway station of the Samastipur railway division.

The Sitamarhi Junction is well connected to most of the major cities in India like Patna, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Guwahati, Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad and other cities by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. It is also the originating station for five superfasts and express trains.[1] [2]

The Darbhanga–Sitamarhi–Raxaul track was converted to broad gauge in February 2014. Another broad-gauge track connects Sitamarhi to Muzaffarpur.[3]

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, a computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc.

There are refreshment rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian foodstuffs, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police office.[4]

Nearby railway stations

Trains

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sitamarhi Junction. India Rail Info. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170511140302/http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/sitamarhi-junction-smi/4588. 2017-05-11.
  2. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Improvised-Explosive-Device-found-on-rail-track-in-Raxaul/articleshow/54633306.cms Improvised Explosive Device found on rail track in Raxaul
  3. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Escalators-at-10-more-ECR-stations-soon-GM/articleshow/52367356.cms Escalators at 10 more ECR stations soon: GM
  4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/ECR-well-on-target-in-goods-loading-GM/articleshow/55377734.cms ECR well on target in goods loading: GM