पूर्णिया जंक्शन
PURNEA JUNCTION
Main entrance of Purnea Junction railway station
General information
LocationPurnea City Road, Khushkibagh,
Purnea, Bihar-854305
 India
Coordinates25°47′22″N 87°31′08″E / 25.7895°N 87.5190°E / 25.7895; 87.5190
Elevation40 metres (130 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railways
Line(s)
Platforms3
Tracks7
ConnectionsKhushkibagh Auto Stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingParking Available
AccessibleDisabled access Available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codePRNA
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Division(s) Katihar
History
Opened1887 (1887)
Electrified 2022 (2022)
Previous namesPurnia City
Passengers
5000/day[1]
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Northeast Frontier Railway
Terminus Barauni–Katihar section
Towards Saharsa
Purnia Court
towards ?
Katihar
towards ?
Barauni–Katihar section
Katihar–Jogbani branch line
Jogbani
towards ?
Other services
Waiting RoomFood & DrinkFood PlazaLiftsCCTVEscalatorsRailwire Free WifiRetiring Rooms
Location
Purnea Junction is located in Bihar
Purnea Junction
Purnea Junction
Location within Bihar
Purnea Junction is located in India
Purnea Junction
Purnea Junction
Purnea Junction (India)

Purnea Junction railway station (station code:- PRNA), is the railway station serving the city of Purnea in the Purnea district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a A category railway station of Katihar railway division in Northeast Frontier Railway.[2]

History

Purnea Junction was opened on 1887 and the previous name of this station was Purnea City. This is situated on Katihar–Jogbani line of North East Frontier Railway (NFR). This railway line earlier was metre gauge. Another standard-gauge line of East Central Railway (ECR) connects Purnea with Saharsa Junction via Banmankhi. Conversion of the 36 km-long Purnea–Banmankhi stretch in Purnea–Saharsa section to broad gauge project is completed in 2016.[3] There are daily and weekly trains to Sealdah, Malda Town, Delhi, Patna Junction, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur Junction, Gorakhpur, Lucknow Charbagh and other neighboring cities. There are many passenger trains available to Katihar, Saharsa Junction and Jogbani.

Facilities

Purnea lies in between Katihar–Jogbani section. Purnea has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. Purnea is well connected with Katihar, Jogbani and Saharsa through daily passenger and express train services. Gauge Conversion of Katihar-Jogbani Section and Purnea-Saharsa Section was completed on 2009 and 2016 respectively.

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.

There are 3 platforms in Purnea Junction. The platforms are interconnected with only one foot overbridge (FOB) with lifts. On 10 April 2018 free Wi-Fi facility was started.

Trains

Time Table

Train no. Train name From To Arrival Departure Day
15283 Janaki Intercity Express Manihari Jaynagar 00:40 00:45 Daily
07557 KIR-JBN DEMU Katihar Jogbani 04:28 04:30 Daily
05240 SHC-PRNA DEMU Saharsa Junction Purnia 04:45 --:-- Daily
05239 PRNA-SHC DEMU Purnia Saharsa Junction --:-- 06:00 Daily
12488 Seemanchal Express Anand Vihar Terminal Jogbani 06:05 06:10 Daily
07562 JBN-KIR DEMU Jogbani Katihar 06:27 06:29 Daily
07553 KIR-JBN DEMU Jogbani Katihar 07:35 07:37 Daily
13159 Kolkata–Jogbani Express Kolkata Jogbani 09:00 09:02 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
13169 Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea) Sealdah Saharsa Junction 09:00 09:05 Wednesday, Friday
07558 JBN-KIR DEMU Jogbani Katihar 09:03 09:05 Daily
05224 SHC-PRNA DEMU Saharsa Junction Purnia 10:00 --:-- Daily
05223 PRNA-SHC DEMU Purnia Saharsa Junction --:-- 11:00 Daily
07559 KIR-JBN DEMU Katihar Jogbani 11:05 11:07 Daily
07554 JBN-KIR DEMU Jogbani Katihar 12:31 12:33 Daily
07545 KIR-JBN DEMU Katihar Jogbani 13:10 13:12 Daily
15284 Janaki Intercity Express Jaynagar Manihari 13:45 13:50 Daily
07555 KIR-JBN DEMU Katihar Jogbani 15:21 15:23 Daily
07560 JBN-KIR DEMU Jogbani Katihar 15:40 15:42 Daily
13160 Kolkata–Jogbani Express Jogbani Kolkata 16:08 16:10 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
13170 Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea) Saharsa Junction Sealdah 17:40 17:55 Wednesday, Friday
07546 JBN-KIR DEMU Jogbani Katihar 18:30 18:32 Daily
07561 KIR-JBN DEMU Katihar Jogbani 18:50 18:52 Daily
07556 JBN-KIR DEMU Jogbani Katihar 19:43 19:45 Daily
05226 SHC-PRNA DEMU Saharsa Junction Purnia 20:45 --:-- Daily
05225 PRNA-SHC DEMU Purnia Saharsa Junction --:-- 21:15 Daily
12487 Seemanchal Express Jogbani Anand Vihar Terminal 21:43 21:48 Daily

Mail/Express

Route- Manihari, Katihar, Purnea, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Samastipur, Darbhanga and Jaynagar
Hate Bazare Express at Purnia
Route: Saharsa Junction, Purnea, Katihar, Malda Town, Azimganj, Katwa and Sealdah
Route: Jogbani, Purnea, Katihar, Malda Town, Pakur, Bolpur Shantiniketan, Bardhaman and Kolkata
Seemanchal Express at Purnia
Route: Jogbani, Purnea, Katihar, Barauni, Patliputra Junction, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, Kanpur Central and Anand Vihar Terminal

Local/Passenger

  • Katihar–Jogbani DEMU Service
  • Purnea–Saharsa DEMU Service

References

  1. "Rail Drishti".
  2. "PRNA/Purnea Junction (3)". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. "Archived copy". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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