Sitamarhi Junction railway station
Sitamarhi Junction | |||||||
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Banner of the Sitamarhi Junction railway station | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Near Mehsaul Chowk Sitamarhi, Bihar India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 26°35′42″N 85°30′17″E / 26.5949°N 85.5046°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 69 metres (226 ft) | ||||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | East Central | ||||||
| Lines | Sitamarhi–Hajipur line (via Muzaffarpur) Sitamarhi–Gorakhpur line (via Raxaul, Narkatiyaganj) Sitamarhi–Samastipur line (via Darbhanga) | ||||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Station code | SMI | ||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Samastipur | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1890 | ||||||
| Electrified | Yes. | ||||||
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Sitamarhi Junction railway station is a main railway station in Sitamarhi district, Bihar. Its code is SMI. It serves Sitamarhi City. The station consists of five platforms. It is an A category railway station of the Samastipur railway division.
The Sitamarhi Junction is well connected to most of the major cities in India like Patna, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Guwahati, Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad and other cities by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. It is also the originating station for five superfasts and express trains.
The Darbhanga–Sitamarhi–Raxaul track was converted to broad gauge in February 2014. Another broad-gauge track connects Sitamarhi to Muzaffarpur.
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, a computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc.
There are refreshment rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian foodstuffs, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police office.