Harnaut railway station

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.

Harnaut Railway Station
Indian railway station
Harnaut station interior view
General information
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
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	HRT
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	DanapurTooltip Danapur railway division
History
Opened	1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Rebuilt	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Electrified	2016–2017
Passengers
2015	≈ 5.5 lakh per year
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station East Central Railway Kharuara Halt towards ? Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Towards Rajgir, Bihar Sharif wena towards ?
Location Harnaut railway station Location in Bihar

v t e Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
Legend
km on Asansol–Patna section of Howrah–Delhi main line 0 Bakhtiyarpur 3 Karnauti Halt Falgu River 7 Kharuara Halt Harnaut–Mokama section to Mokama Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut 11 Harnaut NH 431 14 Murhari Halt 16 Wena 18 Imlibigha Halt SH 78 19 Rahui Road 20 Ambapendarpur Halt 21 Dekpura Halt Panchane River 27 Sohsarai Neora-Sheikhpura line to Neora 30 Bihar Sharif NH 33 Neora–Sheikhpura line to Sheikhpura to Nawada (planned) to Jehanabad (planned) 34 Tungi (Halt) to Nawada (planned) NH 20 36 Pawapuri Road Panchane River 37 Deepnagar Halt 42 Nalanda 44 Marahra 47 Silao 49 Karahdih Halt 51 Sardar Patel Halt NH 120 54 Rajgir SH 71 61 Nekpur Fatuha–Tilaiya line to Fatuha 71 Natesar to Gaya Under construction 78 Jethian 82 Sarsoo Dhadhar River 90 Oro Jagdishpur 94 Mohamadpur 96 Hisua NH 120 Gaya–Kiul line to Kiul 100 Tilaiya Gaya–Kiul line to Gaya 107 Narhat 115 Laundh 123 Kheraundh to Koderma (Under construction)

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

v t e Harnaut–Mokama section
Legend
km to Rajgir and Gaya 0 Harnaut Carriage Repair Workshop Harnaut Howrah–Delhi main line to Patna 8 Karnauti (halt) 12 Jai prakash mahuli (halt) 15 Atlmal gola 23 Barh Barh Super Thermal Power Station 33 Punarkh 42 Mor 50 Mokama Mokama–Barauni section to Asansol and Howrah

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, a reservation counter, and vehicle parking.^[1] 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^[update])

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.^{[citation needed]} 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

References

1. "List of Locations (Irrespective of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available". Official website of the Indian Railways. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

External links

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

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