Operated by Indian Railway Elevation 48 m | Tracks 13 Opened 1 May 1883 Platforms in use 9 | |
Line(s) Mokama-Barauni section, Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines, Barauni-Katihar section Structure type Standard (on ground station) Address Bholasthan to Barauni Rd, Barauni, Bihar 851116 Similar Samastipur Junction railway st, Hajipur Junction railway st, Muzaffarpur Junction railway st, Darbhanga Junction railway st, Katihar Junction railway st | ||
Barauni Junction, station code BJU, is a railway station in the Sonpur division of East Central Railway. Barauni Junction is located in Barauni city in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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History
In February 2012, The Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations including Muzaffarpur Junction by building and developing Restaurants, shopping areas and food plaza for commercial business and improving passenger amenities.
Facilities
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility and vehicle parking. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO telephone booth, toilets, tea stall, fruit stall,dairy stall, meal stall and book stall.
Platforms
Barauni Junction has total 9 platforms. The platforms are interconnected with foot over bridges (FOB).It has two foot over bridge.
Trains
Several electrified local passenger trains and express trains run from Barauni Junction to neighbouring destinations.
Nearest airports
The nearest airports to Barauni Junction are
- Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 102 kilometres (63 mi)
- Gaya International Airport 147 kilometres (91 mi)
- Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 277 kilometres (172 mi)
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
- Bagdogra Airport, Bagdogra 372 kilometres (231 mi)
- Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar 545 kilometres (339 mi)