Harnaut Railway Station

Harnaut Railway Station हरनौत
Indian railway station
Location	Station rd NH 30A, Harnaut, Bihar  India
Elevation	47 metres (154 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway zone
Line(s)	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Bakhtiyarpur-Gaya section
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Connections	Bakhtiyarpur Rajgir
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Disabled access	HRT
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	HRT
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Danapur division
History
Opened	1903
Rebuilt	2003
Electrified	passed (2010-2011)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	11900
Location
Harnaut railway station Location in Bihar

Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
Legend
Kms 0 Bakhtiyarpur Asansol-Patna section of of Howrah-Delhi main line 3 Karnauti(Halt) Panchane River 7 Kharuara(Halt) 11 Harnaut Harnaut Railway Coach Repair Workshop NH 30A 14 Muhari(Halt) 16 Wena 18 Imlibigha(Halt) 19 Rahul Road 20 Ambapendarpur(Halt) 21 Depkura(Halt) 27 Suhsarai 30 Bihar Sharif National Highway 110 34 Tungi(Halt) 36 Pawapuri Road 37 Deepnagar(Halt) 42 Nalanda 44 Marahra 47 Silao 49 Karahdih(Halt) 51 Sardar Patel Halt 54 Rajgir 61 Nekpur Fatuha-Tilaiya line 71 Natesar 78 Jethian 82 Sarsoo 90 Oro Jagdishpur 94 Mohamadpur 96 Hisua Gaya-Kiul line 100 Tilaiya Gaya-Kiul line to Koderma (planned)

Harnaut station (Hindi: हरनौत) is Railway Stations in India. It is a station in the city of Harnaut, and is situated on the Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya line route passing through Nalanda. It's service recording traffic of more than 12,000 passengers, and more than 25 trains per day. Harnaut station is the railway station serving the people of city of Harnaut. The Harnaut railway station is connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network. Harnaut has well connected trains running frequently to New Delhi railway station, Patna Junction,Varanasi Junction railway station, and Howrah Junction railway station. Harnaut is well connected with Gaya Junction, Biharsharif, Rajgir railway station, Tilaiya railway station,Bhagalpur railway station, Kiul Junction through daily passenger and express train services.

History

Bakhtiyarpur Bihar Light Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) wide narrow gauge railway laid by Martin's Light Railways from Bakhtiyarpur to Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911. It was taken over by the local district board in 1950, nationalised in 1962 and converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in).

The broad gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. This line will transport coal from the koderma-Hazaribagh coal belt for Barh Super Thermal Power Station via Harnaut Station.

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, a reservation counter, and vehicle parking.^[1] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food options, a tea stall, a book stall, a post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police (G.R.P) office. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the wait for train tickets on the station.

Platform

Station platform Layout

There are four platforms in the Harnaut railway station. The platforms are interconnected with Foot Over Bridge. It has two foot over bridges, the 3rd overbridge is under construction. 4th platform under construction.

Trains

Harnaut railway station is a major station of the East Central Railways.Several local passenger trains also run from Harnaut to neighbouring destinations on frequent intervals The following table lists all the trains passing from Rajgir station:(As on april 2010)

Development

The Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations as Harnaut railway station by building and developing restaurants, shopping areas and food plazas for commercial business and improving passenger amenities.Railway planed to make station as A grade category. As railway budget a new railway track between Harnaut and Barh for coal transportation in Barh Super Thermal Power Station and electrification Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya line under construction.4th platform also under construction. After determining the railway stations that need to be good-class station by constructing well. A phased revamping has begun. Deputy chief traffic manager announced that the pending work at the railway tracks and platforms, presently under construction, will be sped up. To assist passengers, especially the elderly, two foot-over bridge may be constructed.

Gallery

Shramjeevi Express on platform 1 in Harnaut.

Nearest Airport

The nearest airports to Harnaut station are:^[2]

1. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 61.9 kilometres (38.5 mi)
2. Gaya Airport 116 kilometres (72 mi)

See also

1. Harnaut city

References