Sheikhpura railway station

Sheikhpura Junction railway station
Sheikhpura Junction railway station
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Sheikhpura 811105, Bihar; India
Coordinates	25°07′51″N 85°51′09″E / 25.1308005°N 85.8524205°E
Elevation	43.75 metres (143.5 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway zone
Line(s)	Gaya–Kiul line; Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line (UC)
Platforms	3
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SHK
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Danapur
History
Opened	1879
Electrified	2018
Passengers
	1494 (Daily)
Services
East Central Railway
Location
	Sheikhpura Junction railway station Location in Bihar

Sheikhpura Junction railway station, station code SHK, is a railway station under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Sheikhpura is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Gaya–Kiul line. Station is located in Sheikhpura city in Sheikhpura district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Gaya–Kiul line, many trains coming from Gaya and other cities stops here. Sheikhpura is well connected with nearby cities Gaya, Nawada, Bhagalpur, Howrah and Kiul through daily passenger and express train services.

Gaya–Kiul line

Legend

				km
					to Gaya–Mughalsarai section
					of Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
				0	Gaya Junction
					to Patna–Gaya line
					Falgu River
				4	Shaheed Ishwar Chowdhary Halt
				5	Manpur Junction
					to Asansol–Gaya section
				12	Paimar
				16	Karjara
				21	Kolhana Halt
				24	Wazerganj
				26	Pura Halt
				31	Jamuawan
				33	Manjhwe
					to Koderma (under construction)
				42	Tilaiya Junction
					to Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
					to Fatuha–Tilaiya line
				47	Garobigha Halt
				50	Chatar Halt
				59	Nawada
				64	Sadipur Halt
				70	Baghi Bardiha
				78	Warisaliganj
				80	Sonwarsa Halt
				82	Baghi Ghauspur Halt
				88	Kashi Chak
				92	Dergaon Halt
				96	Kusumha Bihar Halt
				103	Sheikhpura
				107	Eksari Halt
				110	Adarsh Manpur
				113	Sirari
				115	Kachhiyana Halt
				119	Garsanda Halt
				122	Karota Patri Halt
				128	Lakhisarai
				130	Kiul
					to Sahibganj loop
					to Asansol–Patna section
					of Howrah–Delhi main line

Sources: Google maps^[2]; India Rail Info^[3]

Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line

Legend

km

on
Patna–Mughalsarai section of
Howrah–Delhi main line

0

Neora

--Under construction

Patna–Gaya line to Patna

Jatdumari

Patna–Gaya line to Gaya

--Under construction

Fatuha–Tilaiya line to Fatuha

42

Daniyawan

Fatuha–Tilaiya line to Tilaiya

48

Sultanpur Gram

51

Lachhubigha (Halt)

56

Rukhai (Halt)

58

Chandi (Halt)

Mohana River

62

Badhauna (Halt)

66

Noorsarai

NH 20

75

Dekpura (Halt)

Panchane River

77

Sohsarai (Halt)

Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line to Bakhtiyarpur

80

Bihar Sharif

NH 33

Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line to Tilaiya

Panchane River

NH 33

Nepura

Amanwan

Barbigha

Sarsa Jamalpur

Matokhar

to Kiul

123

Sheikhpura on Gaya–Kiul line

to Gaya

A new branch line between Neora railway station and Sheikhpura railway station via Neora, Jatdumri, Daniyawan, Bihar Sharif, Sheikhpura is under construction in which Bihar Sharif–Daniyawan section was partially started in 2015.

History edit

Several years before the Grand Chord was built, a connection from the Howrah–Delhi main line to Gaya was developed in 1900 and the South Bihar Railway Company (operated by EIR) had laid a line from Lakhisarai to Gaya in 1879.^[4] The Grand Chord was opened on 6 December 1906.^[5]

Structure edit

There are only three platforms in the Sheikhpura Junction railway station. The platforms are interconnected with a single foot overbridge.

Electrification and doubling of track edit

Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur–Tilaiya–Kiul section were announced in the rail budget for 2010–11 and the electrification work of single track is going on starting 2015–16.^[6] Electrification of single line from Gaya to Kiul have been completed in July 2018. It has been completed in two phases. In first phase Tilaiya to Warisaliganj have been completed and in the other phase Warisaliganj to Lakhisarai. A special MEMU train was flagged on 22 October 2018 by State Railway Minister Mr Manoj Sinha. Track doubling is in progress and it is expected to be completed by March 2020.

Nearest airports edit

The nearest airports to Sheikhpura junction are:

Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 123.36 kilometres (76.65 mi)
Gaya Airport 116.6 kilometres (72.5 mi)

References edit

^ "Rail Drishti". www.raildrishti.in.
^ Google maps^{[full citation needed]}
^ "53626 Gaya Kiul Passenger". India Rail Info.
^ Saxena, R.P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
^ "As the traffic continued to grow even beyond the capacity of the". Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
^ "Railway Budget 2010-11: Electrification of New Rail Sections". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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[1] "Rail Drishti". www.raildrishti.in.

[2] Google maps^{[full citation needed]}

[3] "53626 Gaya Kiul Passenger". India Rail Info.

[4] Saxena, R.P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

[5] "As the traffic continued to grow even beyond the capacity of the". Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

[6] "Railway Budget 2010-11: Electrification of New Rail Sections". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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