Mokama Junction railway station

Mokama junction मोकामा जंक्शन
Indian Railway Station
Location	Mokama, Barh, Bihar  India
Coordinates	25°23′31″N 85°54′52″E / 25.39194°N 85.91444°E / 25.39194; 85.91444Coordinates: 25°23′31″N 85°54′52″E / 25.39194°N 85.91444°E / 25.39194; 85.91444
Elevation	48 metres (157 ft)
Line(s)	Howrah-Delhi main line Asansol-Patna section Mokama-Barauni section
Platforms	4
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MKA
Zone(s)	East Central Railway
Division(s)	Danapur Division
History
Electrified	yes
Previous names	East Indian Railway
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	½ lakh

Mokama-Barauni section
Track gauge: Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Legend
km from Patna on Howrah-Delhi Main Line 0 Mokama Rampur Dumra 5 Aunta (halt) 8 Hathidah to Kiul on Howrah-Delhi Main Line 11 Rajendra pul Rajendra Setu across Ganges 12 Chakia Thermal (halt) 15 Semaria 18 Garhara (halt) 21 Barauni to Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines to Barauni-Katihar section Source: Indian Railways Time Table, Eastern Zone

Mokama Junction also known as Mokameh Junction, station code MKA, is a railway junction station in Danapur division of East Central Railway. Mokama is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi-Kolkata Main Line via Mugalsarai-Patna route. Mokama is located in Mokama city in Barh in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Howrah-Patna-Mughalsarai main line many Patna, Barauni bound express trains coming from Howrah, Sealdah, Ranchi, Tatanagar stop here. Mokama Junction is an important of the Danapur division as it links, Assam through the Mokama-Barauni section and North Bihar by the Rajendra Bridge on the Ganga river.

Facilities

The major facilities available are Waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, Vehicle parking.^[1] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO Telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall. The Mokama-Kiul section has optical fibre for improved communication and railway safety.^[2]

Platforms

It has four platforms that are interconnected with two foot over bridge (FOB).

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 Mokama Junction.(as on 18 April 2012)^{[3] [4]}

Nearest Airport

The nearest airport to Mokama Station are^[5]

1. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 95 kilometres (59 mi)
2. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 266 kilometres (165 mi)
3. Gaya Airport 135 kilometres (84 mi)
4. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

References

External links

• Mokama Junction Map
• Official website of the Patna district

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