Danapur railway station

DANAPUR
View of the platform with the station board
General information
Location	Khagaul, Danapur, Patna district, Bihar India
Coordinates	25°34′56″N 85°2′36″E / 25.58222°N 85.04333°E / 25.58222; 85.04333
Elevation	58 metres (190 ft)
System	Indian Railways station
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railways
Lines	Howrah–Delhi main line (Patna–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya section) Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section
Platforms	6+1(Under Construction)
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available[1]
Accessible	Available
Other information
Status	Functional Wifi Enabled
Station code	DNR
Zone(s)	East Central Railway
Division(s)	Danapur
History
Opened	1860 (1860)
Electrified	14 September 2000 (2000-09-14)[2]
Previous names	Dinapur Railway Station
Passengers
2018	16,305[1] (Daily)
Services Preceding station Indian Railways Following station East Central Railway zone Neora towards Mughalsarai Junction or New Delhi Howrah–Delhi main line Patna–Mughalsarai section Phulwari Sharif towards Patna Junction or Howrah Junction Terminus Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Patliputra Junction across Ganga Rail–Road Bridge towards Sonpur Junction or Hajipur Junction
Route map km To Asansol–Patna section of Howrah–Delhi main line 0 Patna Junction To Patna–Gaya line To Patna–Digha Ghat line (closed) 1 R Block 2 Old Sachdeva 3 Bailey Road 3.4 Punaichak 4 Shivpuri 6 Rajiv Nagar 8 Digha Ghat 2 Sachivalay Halt 6 Phulwari Sharif 10 Danapur To Patna–Mughalsarai section of Howrah–Delhi main line 12 Patliputra Junction 15 Digha Bridge Halt Digha–Sonpur Bridge 24 Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction To Chhapra 27 Sonpur Junction 33 Hajipur Junction To Barauni To Muzaffarpur
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Danapur Railway Station or Danapur Junction, station code DNR, is a large railway station^[1] and the headquarters of Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Danapur is connected to metropolitan areas of India by the Delhi–Kolkata main line via Mughalsarai–Patna route. It is in Khagaul city about 6 km from Danapur Cantonment, in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Due to its location on the Howrah–Patna–Mughalsarai main line, many Patna and Barauni-bound express trains coming from Howrah and Sealdah stop here. It lies between Neora to the west and Phulwari Sharif to the east. Another line branches north-eastwards from Danapur and joins Patna–Sonepur line at Patliputra Junction.

There are refreshment rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian food stall, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office, telephone booth, Government Railway Police (GRP) office and Railway Protection Force (RPF) barracks.

Recently Danapur station has been redesigned with street art motifs on its façade, dedicated to the famous mathematician born in Bihar, Aryabhata.^[3]

Danapur (formerly Dinapur) railway station was built in the 1860s.^[4][5] Old Patna station (now Patna Sahib station) in Patna City and the then Bankipore station on the Howrah-Delhi line (near the site of the present Patna Junction built much later) were also built at this time.

Danapur station was electrified in March 2000 and passed the CRS inspection on 14 September 2000.^[2] Sector-wise electrification was as follows: Fatuha – Danapur between 1999–2000 and Danapur – Dildarnagar between 2001 and 2002.^[2]

The major facilities available are waiting room, free wifi from railwire,^[6] computerized reservation facility and vehicle parking.^[7][8] The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall. The Danapur station was given a new look in 2012.^[3][9]

There are 6 platforms at Danapur. The platforms are interconnected with three foot overbridge (FOB). Newly developed platform is not in sequence. It is situated in line of platform No 1 towards Patna Jn.

East Central Railway is constructing a new platform (number 6), at an estimated cost of Rs 2.33 crore, on the southern end of the station.^[10] The work is in progress with a provision to accommodate 24 coach load combination of mail and express trains at the new platform. Under the new development plan, the railways has also decided to connect platform number 6 to platform numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 by building a new spacious foot over bridge (FOB) at a cost of Rs 5.2 crore.

A new 92metre-long and 6metre-wide FOB is also proposed. This will connect platform #1A to the new platform (number 6), to facilitate passengers’ easy movement within the station premises. The railways is also constructing a new platform shed with 48 metre in length and 12 metre in width on platform numbers 4 and 5 to provide comforts to passengers.

The EC-Railways would also build an air conditioned waiting hall at Danapur at an estimated cost of Rs 1.57 crore.

The station has already provision for one pair of escalators and two lifts in the years to come.

Danapur is the Major railway station serving several express and mail trains.^[8][11][12]

Major trains originating and halting at Danapur railway station are as follows:^[13]

The nearest airports to Danapur Station are

• Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)^[13]
• Gaya Airport 104 kilometres (65 mi)
• Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi 230 kilometres (140 mi)
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata 600 kilometres (370 mi)

• Ara Junction railway station
• Patliputra Junction railway station
• Phulwari Sharif railway station
• Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station

• Danapur Station Map
• Official website of the Patna district
• One more platform at Danapur station soon