Sheikhpura railway station

25°07′51″N 85°51′09″E / 25.1308005°N 85.8524205°E / 25.1308005; 85.8524205Elevation43.75 metres (143.5 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byEast Central Railway zoneLine(s)Gaya–Kiul line
Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line (UC)Platforms3Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)ParkingAvailableOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeSHK Zone(s) East Central Railway zone Division(s) DanapurHistoryOpened1879Electrified2018Passengers1494 (Daily)^[1] Services

East Central Railway
Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Kusumha Bihar Halt towards ?		Gaya–Kiul line Towards Kiul,		Eksari Halt towards ?
Source Station towards ?		Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Towards Neora		Under construction towards ?

Location
Sheikhpura Junction railway station Location in Bihar

v t e Gaya–Kiul line
Legend
km to Gaya–Mughalsarai section of Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line 0 Gaya Junction to Patna–Gaya line Falgu River 4 Shaheed Ishwar Chowdhary Halt 5 Manpur Junction to Asansol–Gaya section 12 Paimar 16 Karjara 21 Kolhana Halt 24 Wazerganj 26 Pura Halt 31 Jamuawan 33 Manjhwe to Koderma (under construction) 42 Tilaiya Junction to Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line to Fatuha–Tilaiya line 47 Garobigha Halt 50 Chatar Halt 59 Nawada 64 Sadipur Halt 70 Baghi Bardiha 78 Warisaliganj 80 Sonwarsa Halt 82 Baghi Ghauspur Halt 88 Kashi Chak 92 Dergaon Halt 96 Kusumha Bihar Halt 103 Sheikhpura 107 Eksari Halt 110 Adarsh Manpur 113 Sirari 115 Kachhiyana Halt 119 Garsanda Halt 122 Karota Patri Halt 128 Lakhisarai 130 Kiul to Sahibganj loop to Asansol–Patna section of Howrah–Delhi main line
Sources: Google maps[2]; India Rail Info[3]

v t e Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line
Legend
km on Patna–Mughalsarai section of Howrah–Delhi main line 0 Neora --Under construction --Under construction Patna–Gaya line to Patna Jatdumari Patna–Gaya line to Gaya --Under construction --Under construction Fatuha–Tilaiya line to Fatuha 42 Daniyawan Fatuha–Tilaiya line to Tilaiya 48 Sultanpur Gram 51 Lachhubigha (Halt) 56 Rukhai (Halt) 58 Chandi (Halt) Mohana River 62 Badhauna (Halt) 66 Noorsarai NH 20 75 Dekpura (Halt) Panchane River 77 Sohsarai (Halt) Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line to Bakhtiyarpur 80 Bihar Sharif NH 33 Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line to Tilaiya Panchane River NH 33 Nepura Amanwan Barbigha Sarsa Jamalpur Matokhar to Kiul 123 Sheikhpura on Gaya–Kiul line to Gaya

Sheikhpura Junction railway station, station code SHK, is a railway station under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Sheikhpura is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Gaya–Kiul line. Station is located in Sheikhpura city in Sheikhpura district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Gaya–Kiul line, many trains coming from Gaya and other cities stops here. Sheikhpura is well connected with nearby cities Gaya, Nawada, Bhagalpur, Howrah and Kiul through daily passenger and express train services.

A new branch line between Neora railway station and Sheikhpura railway station via Neora, Jatdumri, Daniyawan, Bihar Sharif, Sheikhpura is under construction in which Bihar Sharif–Daniyawan section was partially started in 2015.

History

Several years before the Grand Chord was built, a connection from the Howrah–Delhi main line to Gaya was developed in 1900 and the South Bihar Railway Company (operated by EIR) had laid a line from Lakhisarai to Gaya in 1879.^[4] The Grand Chord was opened on 6 December 1906.^[5]

Structure

There are only three platforms in the Sheikhpura Junction railway station. The platforms are interconnected with a single foot overbridge.

Electrification and doubling of track

Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur–Tilaiya–Kiul section were announced in the rail budget for 2010–11 and the electrification work of single track is going on starting 2015–16.^[6] Electrification of single line from Gaya to Kiul have been completed in July 2018. It has been completed in two phases. In first phase Tilaiya to Warisaliganj have been completed and in the other phase Warisaliganj to Lakhisarai. A special MEMU train was flagged on 22 October 2018 by State Railway Minister Mr Manoj Sinha. Track doubling is in progress and it is expected to be completed by March 2020.

Nearest airports

The nearest airports to Sheikhpura junction are:

1. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 123.36 kilometres (76.65 mi)
2. Gaya Airport 116.6 kilometres (72.5 mi)

See also

• Sheikhpura city
• Sheikhpura district

References