Harnaut railway station

Harnaut Railway Station
Indian railway station
Harnaut station interior view
Location	Station Rd NH 31, Harnaut, Bihar India
Coordinates	25°22′18″N 85°32′26″E
Elevation	49 metres (161 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway zone
Line(s)	Harnaut–Mokama section, Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya, Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Gaya
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Connections	Bakhtiyarpur Barh Rajgir
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	HRT
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Danapur
History
Opened	1903 (1903)
Rebuilt	2003 (2003)
Electrified	2016–2017
Passengers
2015	≈ 5.5 lakh per year
Services
Preceding station   East Central Railway zone   Following station Kharuara Halt toward [[Template:S-line/Indian Railways left/Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line railway station|Template:S-line/Indian Railways left/Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line]] Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Towards Rajgir, Bihar Sharif wena toward [[Template:S-line/Indian Railways right/Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line railway station|Template:S-line/Indian Railways right/Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line]]
Location
Harnaut railway station Location in Bihar

Harnaut station is a railway station in India. It is a station in the city of Harnaut, and is situated on the Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line route passing through Nalanda. Its service recording traffic of more than 1.5k passengers, and more than 25 trains per day. The Harnaut station is connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network. Harnaut has well connected trains running frequently to New Delhi railway station, Patna Junction, Varanasi Junction, and Howrah Junction. Harnaut is well connected with Gaya Junction, Bihar Sharif Junction, Rajgir railway station, Tilaiya railway station, Bhagalpur railway station, and Kiul Junction through daily passenger and express train services.

History

Bakhtiyarpur Bihar Light Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)-wide narrow-gauge railway laid by Martin's Light Railways from Bakhtiarpur to Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911. It was taken over by the local district board in 1950, nationalised in 1962 and converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in).

The broad-gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. This line will transport coal from the Kodarma–Hazaribagh coal belt for Barh Super Thermal Power Station via Harnaut station.

Structure

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, a reservation counter, and vehicle parking. The vehicles are not allowed to enter the station premises. There are both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food options, a tea stall, a book stall, a post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police (G.R.P.) office. Automatic ticket vending machines has been installed soon to reduce the wait for train tickets on the station.

Platform

Station platform Layout

West	Platform #1
	Train lines（Line 1） Train lines（Line 2）
	Platform #2 Platform #3
	Train lines (Line 3) Train lines (Line 4)
East	Platform #4
	CRW, Harnaut

There are four platforms in the Harnaut railway station. The platforms are interconnected with foot overbridge. It has two foot overbridges, the 2nd overbridge is under construction. 4th platform under construction.

Trains

Harnaut railway station is a major station of the East Central Railways. Several local passenger trains also run from Harnaut to neighbouring destinations on frequent intervals. The following table lists all the trains passing from Harnaut station: (As of April 2010)

Passing trains

Train no.	Train type	From	To	Name
53229	Passenger	Rajgir	Danapur	Rajgir–Danapur Passenger
12391	Superfast	Rajgir	New Delhi	Shramjeevi Superfast Express
73253	DEMU	Rajgir	Bakhtiyarpur	Rajgir–Bakhtiyarpur DEMU
73258	DEMU	Gaya	Bakhtiyarpur	Gaya–Bakhtiyarpur DEMU
53232	Passenger	Danapur	Tilaiya	Danapur–Tilaiya Passenger
53044	Express	Rajgir	Howrah	Howrah–Rajgir Fast Passenger
13233	Express	Rajgir	Danapur	Rajgriha Express
03207	DEMU	Harnaut	Bakhtiyarpur	*Harnaut–Bakhtiyarpur DEMU
73255	Passenger	Rajgir	Bakhtiyarpur	Rajgir–Bakhtiyarpur Passenger
23040	Express	Rajgir	Howrah	Rajgir–Howrah Composite Express
73254	DEMU	Bakhtiyarpur	Rajgir	Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir DEMU
15109	Superfast	Rajgir	Varanasi	Budhpurnima Express
13039	Express	Howrah	Rajgir	Howrah–Delhi Janata Express

Development

The Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations as Harnaut railway station by building and developing restaurants, shopping areas and food plazas for commercial business and improving passenger amenities. Railway planned to make station as A grade category. As railway budget a new railway track between Harnaut and Barh for coal transportation in Barh Super Thermal Power Station and electrification Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line under construction.4th platform also under construction. After determining the railway stations that need to be good-class station by constructing well. A phased revamping has begun. Deputy chief traffic manager announced that the pending work at the railway tracks and platforms, presently under construction, will be sped up. To assist passengers, especially the elderly, two foot overbridges may be constructed.

Gallery

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  Shramjeevi Express on 1st platform.

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  Station platform board

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  Morning view

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  Night view

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Harnaut station are:

1. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 61.9 kilometres (38.5 mi)
2. Gaya Airport 116 kilometres (72 mi)

See also

• Harnaut city
• Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut
• Trains passing through Harnaut
• Railway stations in Nalanda district

External links

• harnaut railway station Map
• official website of the nalanda district