Gaya Junction railway station

Gaya Junction railway station is a junction station serving the city of Gaya, the headquarters of Gaya district and Magadh Division in the Indian state of Bihar. Gaya is in the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division of the East Central Railway zone. Grand Chord rail-line that connects Howrah and New Delhi passes through Gaya. It lies between Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction on the Delhi side and Dhanbad Junction on the Howrah side. It is located at 24°48′13″N 84°59′57″E. It has an elevation of 117 metres (384 ft). Gaya is connected with most of the states through rail network. Very few trains do-not stop here- sealdah duranto, bhubaneswar duranto, jharkhand sampark kranti and Odisha sampark kranti. There are also two other broad-gauge train lines from Gaya, one to Patna and the other to Kiul Junction. The city has two major railway stations: Gaya Junction & Manpur Junction. Gaya is well connected with Patna, Jehanabad, Biharsharif, Rajgir, Islampur, Nawada, Dehri on sone through daily passenger and express train services.

Gaya Junction
Indian Railways junction station
Gaya railway junction platform no. 2&3
General information
LocationGaya, Gaya district, Bihar
India
Coordinates24°48′12″N 84°59′58″E
Elevation117 metres (384 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byEast Central Railway zone
Line(s)Grand Chord
Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line
Asansol–Gaya section
Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section
Patna–Gaya line
Gaya–Kiul line
Platforms9+1(under construction)
Tracks14
Construction
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctional
Station codeGAYA
Zone(s) East Central Railway zone
Division(s) Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
History
Opened1879 (1879)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesEast Indian Railway Company
Eastern Railway zone
Route map
 
 
to Mughalsarai–Kanpur section
of Howrah–Delhi main line
and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
Mughalsarai Junction
to Sitarampur
via Howrah–Delhi main line
Chandauli Majhwar
Karmanasa River
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
border
Bhabua Road
Sasaram Junction
to Ara
Dehri-on-Sone
Nehru Setu bridge
across Son River
Son Nagar
to Barkakana
Anugrah Narayan Road
Gaya Junction
Gaya Junction
Patna–Gaya line
Falgu River
Gaya–Kiul line
Bihar
Jharkhand
border
Gujhandi
to Tilaiya (under construction)
Koderma Junction
to Hazaribagh Town
to Madhupur
Barakar River
Hazaribagh Road
Parasnath
NSC Bose Gomoh
to Bokaro Steel City
to Adra
Dhanbad
Barakar River
Jharkhand
West Bengal
border
to Mughalsarai
via Howrah–Delhi main line
Asansol Junction
to Howrah
km
Location
Gaya Junction
Location in Bihar
Interactive map
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