Purnea Junction railway station (station code:- PRNA), is the railway station serving the city of

Purnea Purnia ()(also romanized as Purnea) is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. Total geographical area of Purnia Urban Agglomeration is which is nex ...

in the Purnea district in the Indian state of

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. It is a A category railway station of

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History

Purnea Junction was opened on 1887 and the previous name of this station was Purnea City. This is situated on Katihar–Jogbani line of North East Frontier Railway (NFR). This railway line earlier was

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. Another standard-gauge line of

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(ECR) connects Purnea with via Banmankhi. Conversion of the 36 km-long Purnea–Banmankhi stretch in Purnea–Saharsa section to broad gauge project is completed in 2016. There are daily and weekly trains to , , , , , , , and other neighboring cities. There are many passenger trains available to , and .

Facilities

Purnea lies in between Katihar–Jogbani section. Purnea has trains running frequently to

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and

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. Purnea is well connected with , and

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through daily passenger and express train services. Gauge Conversion of Katihar-Jogbani Section and Purnea-Saharsa Section was completed on 2009 and 2016 respectively. The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking etc. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are refreshment rooms vegetarian and non-vegetarian, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police (G.R.P.) office. There are 3 platforms in Purnea Junction. The platforms are interconnected with only one

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(FOB) with lifts. On 10 April 2018 free

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facility was started.

Trains

''Time Table''

Mail/Express

* Janaki Intercity Express ::Route- Manihari, , Purnea, , , , and Hate Bazare at Purnia

* Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea) ::Route: , Purnea, , , , and * Kolkata–Jogbani Express ::Route: , , , , , , and Seemanchal at Purnia

* Seemanchal Express ::Route: , , , , , , and

Local/Passenger

* Katihar–Jogbani DEMU Service * Purnea–Saharsa DEMU Service

References

{{Railway stations in Bihar Purnia district Katihar railway division Railway junction stations in Bihar