Purnea Junction railway station

Purnea Junction railway station (station code:- PRNA) 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.^[2]

PURNEA JUNCTION
Indian Railways junction station
Seemanchal Express at Purnea Junction.
General information
Location	Purnea City Road, Khushkibagh, Purnea, Bihar-854305  India
Coordinates	25.7895°N 87.5190°E / 25.7895; 87.5190
Elevation	40 metres (130 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railways
Line(s)	Jogbani–Katihar line Saharsa–Purnia line
Platforms	3
Tracks	7
Connections	Khushkibagh Auto Stand
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PRNA
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1887; 138 years ago (1887)
Electrified	2022; 3 years ago (2022)
Previous names	Purnia City
Passengers
5000/day[1]
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Northeast Frontier Railway Terminus Barauni–Katihar section Towards Saharsa Purnia Court towards Barauni Junction Katihar towards Katihar Junction Barauni–Katihar section Katihar–Jogbani branch line Jogbani towards Barauni Junction
Other services
Location Purnea Junction Location within Bihar Show map of Bihar Purnea Junction Purnea Junction (India) Show map of India

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 (NFR). This railway line earlier was metre gauge. Another standard-gauge line of East Central Railway (ECR) connects Purnea with Saharsa Junction via Banmankhi. Conversion of the 36 km-long Purnea–Banmankhi stretch in Purnea–Saharsa section to broad gauge project is completed in 2016.^[3] There are daily and weekly trains to Sealdah, Malda Town, Delhi, Patna Junction, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur Junction, Gorakhpur, Lucknow Charbagh, Siliguri Junction and other neighboring cities. There are many passenger trains available to Katihar, Saharsa Junction and Jogbani.

Facilities

Purnea lies in between Katihar–Jogbani section. Purnea has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. Purnea is well connected with Katihar, Jogbani 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 (G.R.P.) office.

There are 3 platforms in Purnea Junction. The platforms are interconnected with only one foot overbridge (FOB) with lifts. On 10 April 2018, a free Wi-Fi facility was started.

Trains

Mail/Express

• Janaki Intercity Express

Route- Manihari, Katihar, Purnea, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Samastipur, Darbhanga and Jaynagar

Hate Bazare Express at Purnia

• Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea)

Route: Saharsa Junction, Purnea, Katihar, Malda Town, Azimganj, Katwa and Sealdah

• Kolkata–Jogbani Express

Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Malda Town, Pakur, Bolpur Shantiniketan, Bardhaman and Kolkata

• Seemanchal Express

Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Barauni, Patliputra Junction, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, Kanpur Central and Anand Vihar Terminal

• Jogbani–Siliguri Town Intercity Express

Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Barsoi, Kishanganj, Thakurganj, Bagdogra, Siliguri Junction and Siliguri Town

Local/Passenger

• Katihar–Jogbani DEMU Service
• Purnea–Saharsa DEMU Service

See also

• North Eastern Railway Connectivity Project
• North Western Railway zone