Samastipur Junction railway station

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, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Howrah, Bangalore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Guwahati, Surat, Lucknow, Chennai, Amritsar, Ahemdabad, Ranchi, DhanBad, Gwalior and other major cities. It is also the originating station for many express trains.

Samastipur Junction

समस्तीपुर जंक्शन
Indian Railway
LocationStation Road, Samastipur, Bihar
India
Elevation55 metres (183 ft)
Owned byEast Central Railway of the Indian Railways
Operated byIndian Railways
Line(s)
Platforms7
Tracks15
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeSPJ
Zone(s) East Central Railway
Division(s) Samastipur Division
History
ElectrifiedCompleted from 24 December 2014[1]
Previous namesEast Indian Railways
Traffic
Passengers25000+

Some of the important trains are as follows:

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 over bridges(FOB). Platform 3,4 and 5 are the busiest platforms and are mostly used for long haul trains.


  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "SPJ/Samastipur Junction (9)". indiarailinfo.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. Kumod Verma (12 June 2013). "Patliputra station to be functional by month-end". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. "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.
  5. "8 more stations to be made models". Retrieved 17. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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