Purnea Junction railway station
Purnea Junction railway station is the railway station serving the city of Purnea in the Purnea district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is an A category railway station of Katihar railway division in Northeast Frontier Railway.
History
Purnea Junction was opened in 1887, and the previous name of this station was Purnea City. This is situated on Jogbani–Katihar line of North East Frontier Railway. This railway line earlier was metre gauge. Another standard-gauge line of East Central Railway connects Purnea with via Banmankhi. Conversion of the 36 km-long Purnea–Banmankhi stretch in Purnea–Saharsa section to broad gauge project is completed in 2016. There are daily and weekly trains to,,,,,,,, and other neighboring cities. There are many passenger trains available to, and.Facilities
Purnea lies in between Katihar–Jogbani section. Purnea has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. Purnea is well connected with, and Saharsa through daily passenger and express train services. Gauge Conversion of Katihar-Jogbani Section and Purnea-Saharsa Section was completed on 2009 and 2016 respectively.The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking etc. 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 office.
There are 3 platforms in Purnea Junction. The platforms are interconnected with only one foot overbridge with lifts. On 10 April 2018, a free Wi-Fi facility was started.
Trains
About 31 trains halt, originate and terminate at daily, including express, DEMU, and passenger services.Mail/Express
- Seemanchal Express – ↔
- Erode–Jogbani Amrit Bharat Express – ↔
- Jogbani–Danapur Vande Bharat Express – ↔
- Kolkata–Jogbani Express – ↔
- Hate Bazare Express (via Purnea) – ↔ ↔
- Janaki Intercity Express – ↔ ↔ Manihari
- Jogbani–Siliguri Town Intercity Express – ↔
- Katihar–Siliguri Intercity Express (via Purnea) – ↔
Local/Passenger
- Katihar–Jogbani DEMU
- Katihar–Jogbani DEMU
- Katihar–Jogbani DEMU
- Katihar–Jogbani DEMU
- Katihar–Jogbani DEMU
- Katihar–Jogbani DEMU
- Purnea–Saharsa DEMU
- Purnea–Saharsa DEMU
- Purnea–Saharsa DEMU