Lakhisarai Junction 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 is only two platforms . 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]

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

External links

• Lakhisarai Junction Map
• Official website of the Lakhisarai district

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