Sainthia Junction railway station
Sainthia Junction | |||||
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Sainthia Junction Platform No. 5 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Station Road, Sainthia, Birbhum district, West Bengal India | ||||
| Coordinates | 23°56′58″N 87°40′52″E / 23.94944°N 87.68111°E | ||||
| Elevation | 58 metres (190 ft) | ||||
| System | Indian Railways junction station | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Eastern Railway | ||||
| Lines | |||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| Tracks | 7 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | SNT | ||||
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Howrah | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 September 1859 | ||||
| Electrified | 2016 | ||||
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Sainthia Junction railway station is one of the oldest stations in India serves Sainthia city of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a "NSG-5" category railway station. The railway station is on the Bardhaman-Rampurhat Section under the administrative control of Howrah division of Eastern Railway. Sainthia Junction comes under the jurisdiction of Sainthia GRP Police Station. There is a total of 55 train arrivals and departures per day happening at this railway station. Sainthia Junction the 3rd busiest railway station in Birbhum district. This railway station is the busiest "NSG-5" category railway station in Howrah division and 6th busiest in all of NSG category railway stations in Howrah division. It also serves as the originating station of 4 important trains. In this station the famous Sainthia train collision took place between Uttar Banga Express and Vananchal Express