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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 28em
| name = Mokama–Barauni section
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| image = Rajendra Setu (carrying 2 Lane NH 28 at top and single BG electrified line at bottom.jpg
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| caption = Rajendra Setu on Mokama–Barauni section
| type = Electrified
| system = Broad gauge
| status = Operational
| locale = [[Bihar]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Mokama Junction}}
| end = [[Barauni]]
| stations = 9
| routes =
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]
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| linelength = {{convert|21|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
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| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
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The '''Mokama–Barauni section''' connects {{stnlnk|Mokama Junction}} and [[Barauni]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].

The [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] on the southern side of the Ganges was opened to through traffic in 1866 and the railway lines on the northern side of the Ganges also came up in the subsequent years of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf|title= Indian Railways line history 2. North Eastern Railway |access-date=2012-01-24 }}</ref> The lines could only be connected with the construction of {{convert|2|km|adj=on}} long [[Rajendra Setu]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irse.bravehost.com/irhpi.htm | title = Indian railways history (after independence) | publisher = Indian Railways | access-date = 2012-01-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005074811/http://www.irse.bravehost.com/irhpi.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The {{convert|3.19|km|adj=on}}-long [[Munger Ganga Bridge]], 55 km downstream of the [[Rajendra Setu]], links [[Jamalpur, Bihar|Jamalpur]] station on the [[Sahibganj loop]] line of Eastern Railway to the [[Barauni–Katihar section]] of East Central Railway.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ppnow.com/other/trains-in-india/| title = Trains in India| publisher = PPPNOW.com| access-date = 2012-01-24| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120328025642/http://ppnow.com/other/trains-in-india/| archive-date = 28 March 2012| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

The {{convert|4.56|km|adj=on}} long [[Digha–Sonpur Bridge]] located near [[Patna]], link to [[Sonpur, Bihar|Sonpur]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite news| url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101351860300.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091022114304/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101351860300.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 22 October 2009|title = 'Rail bridge over Ganga would be nation's pride' |date=13 October 2009|access-date = 2012-01-24| work = [[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120125230356/http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=BJU&name=BARAUNI%20JN Trains at Barauni]

{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{Patna Division topics}}
{{Munger Division topics}}

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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Bihar]]
[[Category:Transport in Barauni]]

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