Lakhisarai railway station

Lakhisarai Junction
Indian Railway Station
Location Lakhisarai, Lakhisarai, Bihar
 India
Coordinates 25°10′18″N 86°5′38″E / 25.17167°N 86.09389°E / 25.17167; 86.09389Coordinates: 25°10′18″N 86°5′38″E / 25.17167°N 86.09389°E / 25.17167; 86.09389
Elevation 53 metres (174 ft)
Line(s) Howrah-Delhi main line
Asansol-Patna section
Gaya-Kiul line
Platforms 5
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code LKR
Zone(s) East Central Railway
Division(s) Danapur Division
History
Opened 1864
Previous names East Indian Railway

Lakhisarai Junction also called Luckeesarai Junction station code LKR, is one of the major railway junctions in East Central Railway. Lakhisarai is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi-Kolkata Main Line via Mugalsarai-Patna route which runs along the historic Grand Trunk road.

Lakhisarai Junction located on the bank of Kiul river serves the headquarters of Lakhisarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. Railways and roads are the main means of transport in the region. The district headquarters has the presence of Danapur division's main line along with Sahibganj Loop loop line.[1][2] The main line crosses the Kiul river between Kiul Junction and Lakhisarai Junction.[3] The Kiul-Nawada-Gaya branch line also starts from the Kiul Junction near to Lakhisarai.[4] Lakhisarai has a religious importance as it is the place where Mahavira, Tirthankara of Jainism, achieved Kevala Jnana. The Lakhisarai railway station is in Howrah-Patna-Mughalsarai main line. Most of the Patna, Barauni bound express trains coming from Howrah, Sealdah, Ranchi, Tatanagar stop here.

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking.[5][6] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.[7]

Platforms

There are a five platforms here. The platforms are interconnected with foot over bridge (FOB).[8]

Trains

Howrah–Delhi main line

Legend
km
0 New Delhi
Yamuna
Delhi-UP border
More information:
Kanpur-Delhi section
131 Aligarh
210 Tundla
301 Etawah
441 Kanpur Central
More information:
Mughalsarai-Kanpur section
635 Allahabad
to Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line
786 Mughalsarai
to Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line
More information:
Patna-Mughalsarai section
UP-Bihar border
881 Buxar
950 Arrah
Son River
990 Danapur
to Patna-Gaya line
999 Patna
Punpun River
More information:
Asansol-Patna section
1044 Bakhtiyarpur
to Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
1063 Barh
1088 Mokama
to Mokama-Barauni section
to Gaya–Kiul line
1123 Kiul Junction railway station
to Sahibganj Loop
1150 Jamui
1176 Jhajha
Bihar-Jharkhand border
to Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line
1220 Jasidih
Ajay River
to Madhupur Giridih Rail Line
1249 Madhupur
25 Chittaranjan
Jharkhand-West Bengal border
to Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line
1330 Asansol
More information:
Bardhaman-Asansol section
1373 Durgapur
1437 Bardhaman
More information:
Howrah-Bardhaman chord
1532 Howrah

Source: Google and 12304 Poorva Express (via Howrah)

The following is the sortable table of all the trains passing from Lakhisarai Junction.(as on 1 April 2012)[9][10]

Train No. Train Name Train type Zone From Days Departure Time
73204Patna Kiul PassengerDEMUECRKiul Junction/KIULDaily0:08
73203Kiul Patna PassengerDEMUECRPatna Junction/PNBEDaily1:08
53632Gaya Kiul PassengerPassECRKiul Junction/KIULDaily1:16
53041Howrah Jayanagar PassengerPassERJaynagar/JYGDaily2:05
15027Maurya ExpressExpNERGorakhpur Junction/GKPDaily3:13
53043Howrah-Rajgir Fast PassengerPassERRajgir/RGDDaily3:28
12351Howrah- Danapur ExpressSFERDanapur/DNRDaily3:35
53042Dhulian PassengerPassERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily3:38
13111Lal Quila ExpressExpEROld Delhi/DLIDaily4:03
23111Danapur ExpressExpERDanapur/DNRDaily4:03
13039-SlipHowrah-Delhi(Janta) Express Sl...ExpERRajgir/RGDDaily4:06
13039Howrah-Delhi(Janta) ExpressExpEROld Delhi/DLIDaily4:06
13287South Bihar ExpressExpECRDanapur/DNRDaily4:15
13050Amritsar Howrah ExpressExpERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily4:38
53625Kiul Gaya PassengerPassECRGaya Junction/GAYADaily4:58
13157Tirhut ExpressExpERMuzaffarpur Junction/MFPW5:14
13155Mithilanchal ExpressExpERDarbhanga Junction/DBGM,F5:14
13019Bagh ExpressExpERKathgodam/KGMDaily5:33
53627Kiul Gaya PassengerPassECRGaya Junction/GAYADaily6:18
63207Jhajha Patna Passenger MEMUMEMUECRPatna Junction/PNBEDaily7:10
12024Patna-Howrah Jan ShatabdiJShtbECRKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily Except Sun7:22
13023Howrah-Gaya ExpressExpERGaya Junction/GAYADaily7:33
13236Danapur-Sahibganj InterCityExpECRSahibganj Junction/SBGDaily Except Sun8:02
63209Jhajha Patna MEMUMEMUECRPatna Junction/PNBEDaily8:24
13401InterCity ExpressExpERDanapur/DNRWeekdays8:33
18184Danapur - Tatanagar ExpressExpSERTatanagar Junction/TATADaily8:59
53624Gaya Jhajha PassengerPassECRJhajha/JAJDaily9:08
12368Vikramshila ExpressSFERBhagalpur/BGPDaily9:10
18622Patliputra ExpressExpSERPatna Junction/PNBEDaily9:30
13008Udyan Abha Toofan ExpressExpERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily9:42
53615Jamalpur Gaya PassengerPass???Gaya Junction/GAYADaily10:01
53049Howrah Mokameh PassengerPassERMokama Junction/MKADaily10:07
53404Gaya Jamalpur PassengerPassERJamalpur Junction/JMPDaily10:24
13133Sealdah-Varanasi ExpressExpERVaranasi Junction/BSBDaily10:38
13332Patna Dhanbad ExpressExpECRDhanbad Junction/DHNWeekdays11:15
12335Bhagalpur-MumbaiLTT ExpressSFERMumbai Lokmanya Tilak Ter.../LTTS,T,F11:18
15648Guwahati-Mumbai LTT ExpressExpNFRMumbai Lokmanya Tilak Ter.../LTTW11:18
53626Gaya Kiul PassengerPassECRKiul Junction/KIULDaily12:00
63208Patna Jhajha Passenger MEMUMEMUECRJhajha/JAJDaily13:03
53050Mokameh Howrah PassengerPassERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily13:22
53629Kiul Gaya PassengerPassECRGaya Junction/GAYADaily13:23
13331Dhanbad Patna ExpressExpECRPatna Junction/PNBEDaily Except Sunday13:50
53132Muzaffarpur Sealdah PassengerPassERKolkata Sealdah/SDAHDaily13:58
12367Vikramshila ExpressSFERDelhi Anand Vihar Termina.../ANVTDaily14:20
13024Gaya-Howrah ExpressExpERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily15:01
53623Jhajha Gaya PassengerPassECRGaya Junction/GAYADaily15:13
63210Patna Jhajha MEMUMEMUECRJhajha/JAJDaily15:41
15647Mumbai LTT-Guwahati ExpressExpNFRGuwahati/GHYSat15:55
12336Mumbai LTT - Bhagalpur SF Expr...SFERBhagalpur/BGPM,W,F15:55
18183Tatanagar - Danapur ExpressExpSERDanapur/DNRDaily16:14
53628Gaya Kiul PassengerPassECRKiul Junction/KIULDaily16:50
53616GAYA JAMALPUR PASSPassECRJamalpur Junction/JMPDaily17:13
53131Sealdah Muzaffarpur Fast Passe...PassERMuzaffarpur Junction/MFPDaily17:19
53044Rajgir-Howrah Fast PassengerPassERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily17:51
13007Udyan Abha Toofan ExpressExpERShri Ganganagar/SGNRDaily17:56
53631Kiul Gaya PassengerPassECRGaya Junction/GAYADaily18:08
18621Patliputra ExpressExpSERHatia/HTEDaily18:09
63212Patna-Jhajha Passenger MEMUMEMUECRJhajha/JAJDaily18:18
63211Jhajha Patna MEMUMEMUECRPatna Junction/PNBEDaily18:20
13156Mithilanchal ExpressExpERKolkata Chitpur/KOAAM,F18:24
13158Tirhut ExpressExpERKolkata Chitpur/KOAAW18:24
53403Rampurhat Gaya PassengerPassERGaya Junction/GAYADaily18:48
13235Sahibganj-Danapur InterCityExpECRDanapur/DNRDaily Except Sunday19:08
13022Mithila ExpressExpERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily19:16
13402InterCity ExpressExpERBhagalpur/BGPDaily Except Sunday19:28
13134Varanasi- Sealdah ExpressExpERKolkata Sealdah/SDAHDaily19:48
15028Maurya ExpressExpNERHatia/HTEDaily19:57
12023Howrah-Patna Jan ShatabdiJShtbECRPatna Junction/PNBEDaily Except Sunday20:01
13040Janata ExpressExpERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily21:02
13112Lal Quila ExpressExpERKolkata Chitpur/KOAADaily22:48
83112Danapur Giridih ExpressExpECRGiridih/GRDDaily22:48
53630Gaya Kiul PassengerPassECRKiul Junction/KIULDaily22:58
13288South Bihar ExpressExpECRDurg Junction/DURGDaily23:05
12352Danapur- Howrah ExpressSFERKolkata Howrah Junction/HWHDaily23:23
13049Howrah-Amritsar ExpressExpERAmritsar Junction/ASRDaily23:25

Nearest Airport

The nearest airport to Lakhisarai Station are[11]

  1. Gaya Airport 141 kilometres (88 mi)
  2. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 126 kilometres (78 mi)
  3. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 247 kilometres (153 mi)
  4. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

References

  1. ↑ "About District". Official District website. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Lakhisarai". Overview. BrandBihar. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ↑ L.S.S. O'malley (1 January 2007). Bihar And Orissa District Gazetteers : Monghyr. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-81-7268-135-7. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "EXECUTIVE SUMMARY". organicbihar. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Official website of the Indian Railways. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rlys wants waiting rooms, retiring rooms vacated". The Times of India. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "8 more stations to be made models". The Times of India. 12 May 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Plan to improve passenger amenities". The Times of India. 10 July 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Trains at Lakhisarai Junction". India Rail Info. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Lakhisarai Junction Details". indiantrains.org. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Kiul Junction". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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