Ara Junction railway station

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Ara Junction
Ara Junction
	Indian Railway station
	View of Ara Junction
Location	Station Road, Arrah, Bihar-802301; India
Coordinates	25.5488°N 84.6614°E
Elevation	59 metres (194 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway
Line(s)	Howrah-Delhi main line,; Ara-Sasaram-Bhabua line ,(patna -mughalsarai section)
Platforms	3+2 (under construction)+2 for goods
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	ARA
Zone(s)	East Central Railway
Division(s)	Danapur railway division
Fare zone	East Central Railway
Electrified	Yes in 2001-2002
Traffic
Passengers	150000 per day
Services
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Location
	Ara Junction railway station Location within India Ara Junction railway station Ara Junction railway station (Bihar)

Ara Junction railway station (station code: ARA), is a railway station serving the city of Arrah in the Bhojpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Arrah Junction railway station, is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network, which lies in between Howrah-Delhi main line which serves it with numerous trains. Arrah is well connected to Patna, New Delhi, Secundrabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ajmer, Kanpur, Pune, Guwahati, Surat, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Ranchi, Goa, Ernakulam, Howrah, Kolkata, Bhagalpur, Dibrugarh, Rajgir, Haridwar, Jodhpur, Udhna, Amritsar, Jammu Tawi, Ranchi and other cities.

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc.[1][2] 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. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.[3] and a gusarkhana.

Platforms

There are four platforms at Arrah Junction. The platforms are interconnected with two pedestrian over-bridges (FOB).

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References

Kumod Verma (12 June 2013). "Patliputra station to be functional by month-end". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
"List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
"8 more stations to be made models".

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[1] Kumod Verma (12 June 2013). "Patliputra station to be functional by month-end". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[computerized_list-2] "List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[toi_model-3] "8 more stations to be made models".