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Nalanda railway station

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Owned by
  
Indian Railways

Elevation
  
63 m

Owner
  
Indian Railways

Tracks
  
2

Parking
  
Available

Opened
  
1911

Platforms in use
  
2

Nalanda railway station

Location
  
NH 82, Nalanda, Bihar  India

Operated by
  
East Central Railway zone

Line(s)
  
Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir-Gaya

Structure type
  
Standard (on ground station)

Connections
  
Bihar Sharif Junction railway station, Rajgir railway station

Similar
  
Rajgir railway station, Bihar Sharif Junction r, Mithila Deep railway st, Neora railway station, Bhikhna Thori railway st

Nalanda railway station, station code NLD, is a railway station and under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Nalanda is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi-Kolkata Main Line via Mugalsarai-Patna route. Station is located in Nalanda city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Bakhtiyarpur-tilaiya main line many Patna and other cities via express trains coming from Rajgir and Gaya Junction stops here.

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Location

As Nalanda a historical and Buddhist & Jainism pilgrims center. City well connected by rail and road network. It's (85 km southeast from Patna and (80 km) northeast of Gaya, India, (20 km) from Pawapuri and (105 km from Vaishali (ancient city) .

Important trains

  • Mahaparinirvan Express
  • The Buddhist Circuit Train which is popularly known as Mahaparinirvan Express is a tourist train, which was launched by IRCTC on March 28 2007, to attract Buddhist pilgrims. Connects Rajgir, Nalanda, Patliputra, Varanasi, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Vaishali (ancient city), Kushinagar etc.

  • Shramjeevi Express
  • Connects Rajgir, Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow and New Delhi.

  • Budhpurnima Express
  • Also a Buddhist special train runs between Rajgir to Varanasi vai Patna and Gaya, India.

  • Rajgriha Intercity Express
  • runs between Rajgir and Danapur via Harnaut, Patna City.

  • "Howrah-Rajgir janta Express" connects Rajgir to Howrah via Asansol Jhajha Bakhtiyarpur.
  • Howrah-Rajgir Fast passenger to Howrah junction from Rajgir railway station via Bakhtiyarpur junction, kiul railway station, Bhagalpur railway station, Barddhaman.
  • Nearest airport

    Nearest Airport to station are :

  • Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna
  • Gaya Airport
  • References

    Nalanda railway station Wikipedia