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{{Short description|Railway station in Bihar, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]]<br />{{font color|blue|BANMANKHI JUNCTION}}
| type = [[Indian Railways]] junction station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Banmankhi Junction.jpg
| image_caption = New constructed building of Banmankhi Junction.
| address = Station Road, [[Banmankhi|Banmankhi, Bihar]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|25.885013|87.193268|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| map_type = India Bihar#India
| map_dot_label = Banmankhi Junction railway station
| elevation = {{convert|46|m|ft}}
| line = * [[Saharsa–Purnia line]]
* [[Saharsa–Purnia line|Banmankhi–Bihariganj branch line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| platform = 3
| tracks = 4
| parking = Yes
| opened = {{start date and age|1940}}
| closed =
| metro =
| electrified = [[File:Electric.svg|40px]] {{start date and age|2022}}
| accessible = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BNKI
| zone = [[East Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Samastipur}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railways]]
| services =
| services_collapsible = yes
| route_map = {{Saharsa–Purnia line|inline=y}}
| status = Functioning
| former = East Indian Railways
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
}}

'''Banmankhi Junction railway station''' (station code:- '''BNKI'''), is the railway station serving the town of [[Banmankhi]] in the [[Purnea district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. It is a '''NSG-4''' category railway station of [[Samastipur railway division]] in [[East Central Railway]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/banmankhi-junction-bnki/4098#st | title=BNKI/Banmankhi Junction | publisher=indiarailinfo.com | access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>

==History==
Banmankhi Junction railway station was opened in 1937, becoming the second junction railway station in [[Purnea district]], [[Bihar]],
[[British India]]. The construction of the Purnea - Banmankhi - Murliganj and Bihariganj section, built by the [[East Bengal Railway]], began in 1929 and was completed in 1937, passing through this station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of EBR 1929|url=https://www.gwrarchive.org/site/sitel2pg/India/EBR/ebr.php}}</ref>

After [[Independence Day (India)|India’s independence]], the Saharsa - Budhmaghat line was extended to Murliganj in 1954, connecting the entire Purnea - Saharsa section with [[Metre-gauge railway|{{track gauge|1000mm}}-wide metre-gauge tracks.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lines of NER Pg.-6|url=https://indianrailwaynotes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf}}</ref>

The [[Track gauge conversion|gauge conversion]] work on the Purnia - Saharsa section commenced in the year 2007-08, resulting in a partial suspension of train services. However, the unprecedented [[2008 Bihar flood|floods in the Kosi River in 2008]] severely disrupted and delayed the project.<ref>{{cite web|title=Train Services suspended in Purnia|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/train-services-in-purnia-section-suspended/articleshow/17328639.cms}}</ref> After eight years of construction, the [[Broad-gauge railway|broad gauge (BG) line]] on the remaining Banmankhi - Purnia section was finally completed and inaugurated on June 10, 2016, by the then Railway Minister of India, [[Suresh Prabhu]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Purnia Saharsa BG line to open tomorrow|url=https://st2.indiarailinfo.com/kjfdsuiemjvcya4/0/4/6/3/1885463/1/12349616.jpg}}</ref>

==Facilities==
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking etc. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are refreshment rooms vegetarian and non-vegetarian, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police (G.R.P.) office.

There are 3 platforms in Banmankhi Junction. The platforms are interconnected with only one [[foot overbridge]] (FOB).

==Trains==

''Route of Jansewa Express''
* '''14617/14618 [[Purnia Court–Amritsar Jan Sewa Express]]'''
::Route:- {{stnlnk|Purnia Court}}, {{stnlnk|Banmankhi Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Saharsa Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Khagaria Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Begusarai}}, {{stnlnk|Barauni Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Hajipur}}, {{stnlnk|Sonpur}}, {{stnlnk|Chhapra Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Siwan Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Gorakhpur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Gonda Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Sitapur}}, {{stnlnk|Bareilly}}, {{stnlnk|Moradabad}}, {{stnlnk|Laksar Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Saharanpur}}, {{stnlnk|Ambala Cantonment}}, {{stnlnk|Ludhiana}}, {{stnlnk|Jalandhar City}}, {{stnlnk|Amritsar}}

''Route of Kosi Express''
* '''18626/18625 [[Kosi Express]]'''
::Route:- {{stnlnk|Purnia Court}}, {{stnlnk|Banmankhi Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Saharsa Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Khagaria Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Begusarai}}, {{stnlnk|Mokama}}, {{stnlnk|Bakhtiyarpur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Patna Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Jehanabad}}, {{stnlnk|Gaya Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Koderma}}, {{stnlnk|Gomoh Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Bokaro Steel City}}, {{stnlnk|Muri Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Ranchi}}, {{stnlnk|Hatia}}

''Route of Janhit Express''
* '''13205/13206 [[Janhit Express]]'''
::Route :- {{stnlnk|Purnia Court}}, {{stnlnk|Banmankhi Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Saharsa Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Khagaria Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Begusarai}}, {{stnlnk|Barauni Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Hajipur}}, {{stnlnk|Patliputra}}

''Route of Janki Express''
* '''15283/15284 [[Janaki Intercity Express]]'''
::Route:- {{stnlnk|Manihari}}, {{stnlnk|Katihar}}, {{stnlnk|Purnia}}, {{stnlnk|Purnia Court}}, {{stnlnk|Banmankhi Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Saharsa Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Khagaria Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Rusera Ghat}}, {{stnlnk|Samastipur}}, {{stnlnk|Darbhanga}}, {{stnlnk|Madhubani}}, {{stnlnk|Jaynagar}}

''Route of Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnia)''
*'''13169/13170 [[Hate Bazare Express (via Purnea)]]'''
::Route:- {{stnlnk|Saharsa Junction}}, Purnea, {{stnlnk|Katihar}}, {{stnlnk|Malda Town}}, {{stnlnk|Azimganj}}, {{stnlnk|Katwa}} and {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Railway stations in Bihar}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1940]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Purnia district]]
[[Category:Samastipur railway division]]
[[Category:Purnia]]

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Nayem at 16:01, 4 February 2026