Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction railway station

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{{short description|Railway station in Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction railway station
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Bharpura pahleza ghat.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = [[Sonepur, Bihar|Sonpur]], [[Saran district|Saran]], [[Bihar]]-841101
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|41|49|N|85|10|2|E|display=inline}}
| map_type = India#India Bihar
| elevation = {{convert|56|m|ft}}
| line = * [[Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines]]
* [[Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi)]]
* [[Barauni–Samastipur–Muzaffarpur–Hajipur line]]
* [[Parmanandpur–Chhapra–Siwan–Gorakhpur/Chhapra–Balia–Varanasi line]]
| other = [[Hajipur Junction|Hajipur]]
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| platform = 3
| tracks = 4
| parking = Available
| opened = 3 February 2016
| re-opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 2016
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = PHLG
| zone = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Sonpur}}
}}
| owned = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]] of the [[Indian Railways]]
| services = 
| operator = [[Indian Railways]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers = 20,000 per day
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_locator =
}}

'''Bharpura Pahlejaghat Junction''' (Hindi name – भरपुरा पहलेजाघाट जंक्शन), station code '''PHLG''', is a railway station in [[Sonpur railway division|Sonpur division]] of [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]. Bharpura Pahlejaghat Junction is located in [[Sonpur, Bihar|Sonpur]] city in [[Saran district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. It is located on the north end of [[Digha–Sonpur rail–road bridge]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Digha-Pahleja-rail-bridge-gets-go-ahead/articleshow/2017552439.cms|title=Digha-Pahleja rail bridge gets go-ahead|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223231247/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Digha-Pahleja-rail-bridge-gets-go-ahead/articleshow/2017552439.cms|archive-date=2017-12-23|df=}}</ref> while [[Patliputra Junction railway station|Patliputra]] is on the south end of the bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Digha-bridge-Only-10-rly-track-work-remains-incomplete/articleshow/47335001.cms|title=Digha bridge: Only 10% rly track work remains incomplete|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804063045/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Digha-bridge-Only-10-rly-track-work-remains-incomplete/articleshow/47335001.cms|archive-date=2015-08-04|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-dm-deepak-anand-kumar-awarded-to-cm-13927690.html|title=सीएम नीतीश ने किया सारण के जिलाधिकारी दीपक आनंद को सम्मानित|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004723/http://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-dm-deepak-anand-kumar-awarded-to-cm-13927690.html|archive-date=2017-11-10|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160204/jsp/frontpage/story_67415.jsp|title=Million dreams on tracks Commuters happy with new railway link to north Bihar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414163358/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160204/jsp/frontpage/story_67415.jsp|archive-date=2016-04-14|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/patna/sonepur-took-the-first-train-to-reach-digha-railway-bridge-underwent-6-hours-20-minutes/720069.html|title=दीघा रेल पुल से गुजरी पहली ट्रेन सोनपुर पहुंचने में लगे 6 घंटे 20 मिनट|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920053018/http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/patna/sonepur-took-the-first-train-to-reach-digha-railway-bridge-underwent-6-hours-20-minutes/720069.html|archive-date=2016-09-20|df=}}</ref> Pahleja Station is 3.81 km from {{stnlnk|Sonpur}} and 11.46 km from [[Patliputra Junction railway station|Patliputra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/drmsee1/status/691499461734838272|title=दिघा रेलपूल खण्ड में विभिन्न स्टेशनो की दूरी|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610113020/https://twitter.com/drmsee1/status/691499461734838272|archive-date=2018-06-10|df=}}</ref> It is connected to {{stnlnk|Sonpur}} on its east side and Parmanandpur station on its west side. In June 2017, a 20 kW roof top hybrid solar plant with 20% storage facility installed and commissioned at Pahaleja Ghat railway station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/BIH-PAT-HMU-MAT-latest-patna-news-030003-2817050-NOR.html|title=सौर ऊर्जा से रोशन होगा पहलेजा घाट स्टेशन}}</ref>

==History==
Old Pahleja ghat station was operational till 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Trains-run-on-Ganga-bridge-end-18-year-long-wait/articleshow/50841297.cms|title=This historic day on February 3 reminded old-timers of the ordeal they would face while crossing the Ganga on steamers years ago. Later when Mahatma Gandhi Setu came up in the year 1982, people crossed the river by road|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313200101/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Trains-run-on-Ganga-bridge-end-18-year-long-wait/articleshow/50841297.cms|archive-date=2016-03-13|df=}}</ref> Prior to [[Mahatma Gandhi Setu]] opening in 1982, there was regular Steamer service of the [[Indian Railways]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lalu-paid-off-a-debt-to-his-wife-handsomely-1093659|title=Rabri vividly recalls how she had boarded a steamer at Pahleja Ghat in Sonepur (Chapra) to reach the Patna residence soon after her marriage on March 18, 1974 when curfew had been imposed all over the district|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224215207/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lalu-paid-off-a-debt-to-his-wife-handsomely-1093659|archive-date=December 24, 2017|df=}}</ref> between Mahendru Ghat in Patna end and Pahleja Ghat in Sonpur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biharkatha.com/2016/02/10/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%95/|title=किसी जमाने में सोनपुर से पहलेजाघाट तक रेल जाती थी। वहां से महेंद्रू घाट के लिए रेलवे की स्टीमर सेवा चलती थी|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919120137/http://biharkatha.com/2016/02/10/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%95/|archive-date=19 September 2016|df=|access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://badalav.com/pahleja-ghat-abhya/|title=यात्रीगण, पहलेजा घाट पर अब न ढूंढें पुरानी गंगा|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919122053/http://badalav.com/pahleja-ghat-abhya/|archive-date=2016-09-19|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/?id=17438&boxid=8205910836&view=print&editioncode=459&pagedate=08/02/2015&pageno=4&map=map&ch=bihar|title=रेल पुल के चालू होते ही बदलेगी सोनपुर की तस्वीर}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> There was old metre-gauge line between Pahleja station and [[Sonpur railway station|Sonepur station]]. The station was not in use and was left abandoned after opening of Mahatma Gandhi Setu. The new station was built around 3.2 km east from the old station and started on 3 February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/first-passenger-train-departs-from-digha-sonpur-bridge-1-853150.html|title=दीघा पुल से रवाना पहली ट्रेन हुई लेट, प्रदर्शनकारियों पटरी पर उतरे|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308185842/http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/first-passenger-train-departs-from-digha-sonpur-bridge-1-853150.html|archive-date=2016-03-08|df=}}</ref> The station was earlier named Pahlejaghat Junction, but after protest from the villagers of Bharpura, it was renamed to Bharpura Pahlejaghat Junction in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-now-bharpura-pahlega-station-14301402.html|title=भरपुरा पहलेजा घाट हुआ पहलेजा स्टेशन का नाम|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610113021/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-now-bharpura-pahlega-station-14301402.html|archive-date=2018-06-10|df=}}</ref> In the 2016 [[Floods in Bihar]], this station worked as relief center for flood victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-mooring-stations-to-resort-to-making-flood-victims-phleja-14605635.html|title=बाढ़ पीडि़तों का सहारा बना पहलेजा घाट स्टेशन|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610113021/https://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-mooring-stations-to-resort-to-making-flood-victims-phleja-14605635.html|archive-date=2018-06-10|df=}}</ref>

==Distance from other stations==
The distance from nearby stations are:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! S.No
! Station
! distance (in km)
|-
| 1
| [[Patliputra Junction railway station|Patliputra]]
| 11.46
|-
| 2
| {{stnlnk|Sonpur}}
| 3.81
|-
| 3
| Parmanandpur
| 5.11
|-
| 4
| {{stnlnk|Nayagaon}}
| 9
|-
| 5
| [[Hajipur Junction railway station|Hajipur]]
| 9
|-
| 6
| {{stnlnk|Digha Bridge Halt}} (DGBH)
| 5
|}

[[File:Digha pahleja rail road bridge.png|thumb|center|400px|[[Patliputra Junction railway station|Patliputra]] and Bharpura Pahleja Ghat station on both sides of bridge]]

==Trains==
[[File:Old pahleja ghat station steamer mahendru.jpg|thumb|right|200px|steamer service towards mahendru near Old pahleja ghat station in 1980s]]
* Gorakhpur–Patliputra Passenger (Train no. 55008)
* Patliputra Gorakhpur Passenger (Train no. 55007)
* Raxaul–Hajipur Intercity Express (Train no. 15202)
* Gorakhpur–Patliputra Passenger (Train no. 55042)
* Sonepur–Gorakhpur Passenger (Train no.55209)
* Patliputra–Barauni DEMU (Train no. 75216)
* Patliputra–Narkatiaganj Intercity (Train no. 25201)

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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{external media
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| video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlnKnvEguxo Pahleja to Patliputra Jn. Journey]
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{{Railway stations in Bihar}}
{{Sonpur Block, Bihar}}

[[Category:Railway junction stations in Bihar]]
[[Category:Sonpur railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Saran district]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 2016]]

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