Samastipur Junction railway station
25°51′36″N 85°47′11″E / 25.859983°N 85.786351°E
Samastipur Junction | |||||||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||||||
Samastipur Junction Main Gate | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Location | Samastipur, Bihar India | ||||||||
| Elevation | 46.54 metres (152.7 ft) | ||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||
| Operated by | East Central Railways | ||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||
| Platforms | 7 | ||||||||
| Tracks | 15 | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||
| Station code | SPJ | ||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway | ||||||||
| Division(s) | Samastipur | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 1875 | ||||||||
| Electrified | 2014 | ||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||
| 3 lakh per day | |||||||||
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Samastipur Junction railway station (station code: SPJ), is a railway station serving the city of Samastipur in the Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Samastipur Junction railway station, is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. Samastipur station is well connected to Patna, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Howrah, Bangalore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Guwahati, Surat, Lucknow, Chennai, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Gwalior and other major cities. It is also the originating station for many express trains.