Operated by Indian Railways Elevation 40 m Phone 06454 222 808 Tracks 7 | Parking Available Opened 1894 Platforms in use 3 | |
Location Station Road, Purnia, Bihar
India Owned by North East Frontier Railway of the Indian Railways Line(s) Katihar-Jogbani Branch Line
Purnea-Banmankhi-Saharsa-Khagaria-Samastipur Section Structure type Standard (on ground station) Address Purnea - Araria - Forbesganj Rd, Khuskibagh, Purnea, Bihar 854326 Similar Purnia Court railway st, Saharsa Jn, Katihar Junction railway st, Khagaria Junction railway st, Samastipur Junction railway st | ||
Purnia Junction, station code PRNA, is the railway station serving the city of Purnia in the Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Purnia Junction railway station is connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network. Purnia lies in between Katihar-Jogbani section. Purnia has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. Purnia is well connected with Katihar, Jogbani through daily passenger and express train services. Currently, the Indian Railways has floated tenders to modernize Purnia Junction.
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History
Purnia Junction is situated on Katihar-Jogbani broad gauge railway line of North East Frontier Railway (NFR). This railway line earlier was metre gauge. Another standard gauge line of East Central Railway (ECR) connects Purnia with Saharsa via Banmankhi. Conversion of the 36 km long Purnia-Banmankhi stretch in Purnia-Saharsa section to broad gauge project is completed in 2016. There are daily and weekly trains to Kolkata, New Delhi, Patna, Darbahanga and other neighboring cities.There are many passenger trains available to Katihar junction, Saharsa and Jogbani
Facilities
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. To modernise the train inquiry system a call centre has been opened at Patna in 2005. People from Bihar can inquiry about arrival and departure of trains, reservation status, fare, concessions, etc., by dialling a universal telephone number 139 at local call rates. 200 to 500 lines are used in a call centre to ensure that the phone lines do not remain busy and a large number of people can access the facility of enquiry simultaneously. This facility was extended throughout the India by the end of 2005–06 to get the desired train related information by dialling a universal number 139 at local call charges.
Platforms
There are 3 platforms in Purnia junction. The platforms are interconnected with only one foot over bridge (FOB).In future there has 5-6 platforms
Trains
There are seven pair passenger train to Jogbani and Katihar and three pairs to Saharsa.
1.Seemanchal Express.
Jogbani-Katihar-Barauni-Patna-Mugalsarai-Allahabad-Kanpur-New Delhi.2.JBN-KOAA Express
Jogbani-Katihar-Malda-Pakur-Burdhman-Kolkata.3.Janki Express
Katihar-Purnia-Saharsa-Samastipur-Darbahanga-Jaynagar