Rampurhat Junction railway station is 7th busiest railway stations of

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and it is the largest and busiest railway station of

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district of

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. It is a NSG-3 Category and Class A station. The station is under

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is the 3rd busiest station in this division. It is 207 kilometres (shortest route) away from

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. This station is famous for serving

Rampurhat Rampurhat is an important city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Rampurhat subdivision. According to the 2011 census, Rampurhat is the third most populous city in Birbhum ...

city and providing vital connectivity to surrounding districts and states.It is also the main gateway for the Religion Pilgrims visiting to

Tarapith Tarapith is a town and Hindu pilgrimage site located in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is particularly known for the Tarapith Temple and its adjoining Hindu crematory ground. The tant ...

Maa Tara Temple (which is just 9 km away from the station), the birthplace of Nityananda Mahaprabhu at Ekchakra Dham(20 km away from the station and 10 km away from

), and the 72 historic temples at

Maluti Maluti (also Malooti) is a village in Shikaripara Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Dumka subdivision of the Dumka district of Jharkhand, India. It was built under the Baj Basanta dynasty. The area has 72 old temples, which a ...

(14 km away from the station). Station code RPH, it is the railway station serving the city of

. Rampurhat station is connected to Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Surat, Ranchi, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Siliguri, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Agartala and almost every part of India. More than 130 express and passengers trains including 19 Originating & Terminating trains pass through the Rampurhat station everyday. This station has also a marshalling yard for goods trains, carshed for passenger rakes and engines and has 2 cabin, named East Cabin and West Cabin.

Latest Rankings of Rampurhat Junction as per Revenue (FY 2023-24)

Revenue (FY 2023-24)

PRS(Reserved) = 23,37,86,131 INR (Nearly 24 Crore) UTS(Unreserved) = 18,85,42,330 INR (Nearly 19 Crore) TOTAL = 42,23,28,461 INR (Nearly 43 Crore) As per earnings,Rampurhat Junction is only one "A" Category and "NSG-3" Category Station in

district.

Trains

No of Halting Trains = 98* No of Originating Trains = 19 No of Terminating Trains = 19 Total Trains = 136 *''All trains that passing through

stop at Rampurhat Jn'' ''Except: 12343/44

Darjeeling Mail The 12343 / 12344 Darjeeling Mail is one of the oldest running legendary trains in India which connects Kolkata with New Jalpaiguri via Barddhaman, Malda Town and Kishanganj. This is a major train for Kolkata–Siliguri route. It is also t ...

, 12041/42 NJP Shatabdi, 22301/02 NJP VandeBharat.''

''Halting Trains''

* 22309/10 Howrah - Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express (6 Days a Week) * 12503/04 Agartala - SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express (BiWeekly) * 22503/04 Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek SF Express (Daily) * 22511/12 Karmabhoomi SF Express (Weekly) * 12345/46 Saraighat SF Express (Daily) * 12377/78 Padatik SF Express (Daily) * 13147/48

Uttar Banga Express The 13147 / 13148 Uttar Banga Express is a daily non-superfast train that runs between Sealdah & Bamanhat via Barddhaman, Bolpur, Rampurhat, Malda Town, New Jalpaiguri,Jalpaiguri Road railway station ,New Cooch Behar. Uttar Banga Express wa ...

(Daily) * 13149/50

Kanchan Kanya Express The 13149 / 13150 Kanchan Kanya Express is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Eastern Railway zone that connects the cities of Kolkata and Alipurduar via Barddhaman Junction railway station, Barddhaman , ...

(Daily) * 13173/74 Sealdah - Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express (4 Days a Week) * 13175/76 Sealdah - Silchar Kanchanjunga Express (TriWeekly) * 13433/34 Malda Town - SMVT Bengaluru Amrit Bharat Express (Weekly) * 22611/12 New Jalpaiguri - MGR Chennai Central SF Express (Weekly) * 12363/64 Kolkata - Haldibari InterCity SF Express (TriWeekly) * 12509/10 Kaziranga Superfast Express (TriWeekly) * 12515/16 Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express (Weekly) * 12507/08 Aronai SF Express (Weekly) * 22501/02 New Tinsukia - SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express (Weekly) * 12513/14 Silchar - Secunderabad SF Express (Weekly) * 12551/52 Kamakhya - SMVT Bengaluru AC Superfast Express (Weekly) * 13023/24 Howrah - Gaya Express (Daily) * 13153/54

Gour Express Gour Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Kolkata with the district of Malda via Barddhaman , Rampurhat. The train covers a distance of up to Malda with the numbers 13153/54. Timeline The Gour Express commenced operat ...

(Daily) * 13071/72 Howrah - Jamalpur Express (Daily) * 13159/60

Kolkata - Jogbani Express Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary fin ...

(TriWeekly) * 13027/28 Howrah - Azimganj Kavi Guru Express (Daily) * 13425/26 Surat - Malda Town Express (Weekly) * 13403/04 Vananchal Express (Daily) * 15661/62 Ranchi - Kamakhya Express (Weekly) * 13045/46 Mayurakshi Express (Daily) * 15639/40 Puri - Kamakhya Weekly Express ia Adra(Weekly) * 15929/30 New Tinsukia - Tambaram Express (Weekly) * 15629/30

Nagaon Express Nagaon Express (earlier Tambaram–Silghat Town Express), is a weekly Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways that connects Silghat Town of Assam and Chennai in the South Indian metropolis of Chennai, T ...

(Weekly) * 13011/12 Howrah - Malda Town Intercity Express ia Rampurhat(Daily) * 13427/28 Howrah - Sahibganj Intercity Express (Daily) * 13181/82 Kolkata - Silghat Town Kaziranga Express (Weekly) * 13417/18 Digha - Malda Town Express (Weekly) * 13017/18

Ganadevata Express The 13017 / 13018 Ganadevata Express is an important Express trains in India, Express-type day-running train operated by Indian Railways; it connects Kolkata with Azimganj, a town in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. It runs daily between Ho ...

(Daily) * 13161/62

Tebhaga Express The 13161 / 13162 Tebhaga Express is an express train belonging to Eastern Railway Zone that runs between Kolkata and Balurghat via Rampurhat , Malda Town. It is operated with 13161 / 13162 train numbers on a hexa-weekly basis. Overview Th ...

(6 Days a Week) * 13053/54 Kulik Express (Daily) * 13015/16 Howrah - Jamalpur Kavi Guru Express (Daily) * 15227/28 Muzaffarpur - SMVT Bengaluru Express (Weekly) * 13031/32 Howrah - Jaynagar Express (Daily) * 63063/64 Bardhaman - Tinpahar MEMU (Daily) * 63141/42 Sealdah - Godda MEMU (Daily)

Originating & Terminating Trains(Daily)

* 53047/48 Viswabharati Fast Passenger * 13187/88

Maa Tara Express The 13187 / 13188 Maa Tara Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Sealdah in West Bengal and Rampurhat Junction of West Bengal. It is currently being operated with 13187/13188 train numbers on a daily basis. The Maa Tara ...

* 12347/48 Sahid SF Express * 63405/06,63073/74 Rampurhat - Sahibganj MEMU * 63007/63008 Rampurhat - Katwa MEMU * 53403/08 Rampurhat - Jamalpur - Gaya Passenger * 63433/63434,63025/25,63051/52,63021/22,63023/34 Rampurhat - Azimganj MEMU * 63581/82,63011/12,63068/69,63583/84 Rampurhat - Bardhaman MEMU * 63529/30 Rampurhat - Andal MEMU * 63081/82 Rampurhat - Jasidih MEMU * 63075/76 Rampurhat - Barharwa MEMU

Special Weekly Trains with Limited Trips

* 07046/47 Naharlagun - Charlapalli Special (Upto 31/07/25) * 07029/30 Agartala - Secunderabad Special (Upto 31/10/25)

List of Trains that Not Restored Yet

* 12373/74 Sealdah - Rampurhat Triweekly Intercity Superfast Express * 13013/14 Rampurhat - Bardhaman Triweekly Express * 22309/10 Howrah - NJP Weekly Superfast Express * 13119/20 Sealdah - Anvt Upper India Express (2 Days a week) * 13133/34 Sealdah - Varanasi Upper India Express (5 Days a week) * 53043/44 Howrah - Rajgir Fast Passenger (Daily) * 53417/18 Bardhaman - Malda Town Passenger (Daily) * 15941/42 Dibrugarh - Jhajha Weekly Express * 53137/18 Rampurhat - Barharwa Passenger (Daily)

Newly constructed track

The track from

Dumka Dumka, the headquarters of the Dumka district and Santhal Pargana region, is a city in the state of Jharkhand, India. It was made the headquarters of the Santhal Pargana region, which was carved out of the Bhagalpur and Birbhum district afte ...

become operational in June 2015 with Single-Line Electrification. This development shortened the distance between

Jasidih Jasidih is a satellite town of Deoghar in the Deoghar subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. This town's railway station connects Deoghar to other cities. Geography Location Jasidih is a Hill Station located ...

and

by 140 km, reducing it from approximately 270 km via

Asansol Asansol is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest city in West Bengal. It is the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India by population. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district. Accordi ...

. The Third Line between

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and

became operational in 2019, while the Third Line between

and

Murarai Murarai is a census town in Murarai I CD block in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Culture Murarai Amader Asha, gramin pathagar, a government-sponsored library, was established in 1981. Bhadiswar A ...

was completed in October 2023.Currently, the Double Line between

and

is under construction, with a target completion set for FY 2025-26.

Track Speed Limitation

The Maximum Permissible Speed(MPS) of tracks on different routes is as follows: Khana-Rampurhat-Gumani is 110 km/h and will be upgraded to 130 km/h under FY 2025-26, while Rampurhat-Dumka-Jasidih is 100 km/h.

Facilities

The major facilities available for Passengers are : * Waiting rooms(Both AC & NON-AC) * Retiring room Font_Awesome_5_solid_bed

(Both AC & NON-AC) * Upper Class Waiting Room (For Adult : 10 INR per hour; For Child : 5 INR per hour) * Dormitories (Booked online through IRCTC) * Inter-State Bus Terminus (available bus for Dumka, Deoghar and others) * Computerized Reservation Facility * Ticket Counter (Total 10: 8 counter is for Unreserved ticket and 2 is for Reserved ticket) * 6 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines(ATVM) * 4 Ride on Scrubber Drier Machines * 2 Wheeler Vehicle Parking (Vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises) * Auto Rickshaw Stand (24x7 Auto Available) * STD/ISD/PCO Telephone Booth * Free WiFi Wifiservice

(provided by Google and RailWire) * ATM Counter(At Entrance) * Pay & Use Toilets(Urinal Free,2 INR for Latrine,5 INR for Bathroom) * Parcel Booking Points (Contact No : 29614) * Health Units (Contact No: 29766, 29762, 8759656564) * Food Court BSicon REST

, Tea Stall AB-Autobahnkiosk

* Water Vending Cooler Machine (2 pcs at Each Platform) * Book Stall * Escalators and Lifts (For all 6 Platforms) * 4 Foot Over Bridges (FOBs) Aiga_escalator_up_mirror

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* One Station One Product stall(OSOP; On Platform 1) * CCTV Surveillance Surveillance_camera

. Rampurhat Junction also have following facilities: * 140 Ton Rail-Crane * Accident Relief Train(ART) * Accident Relief Medical Van(ARMV) * Self Propelled Accident Relief Medical Van(SPARMV) * 2 OHE (Overhead Equipment) Inspection Car * 2 Dynamic Tamping Express 09-3X
Running Room
(98 Beds*) urther extension of Running Room is ''Under Construction''/small> * Crew Booking Lobby * Goods Trains Dealing points * Office of the Senior Booking Clerk (situated on platform 1) * Assistant Security Commissioner Office, RPF Rampurhat * C&W Office (''Under Construction'') * Area Office, Rampurhat (Operating Dept./HWH Div) * Marshalling Yard (1km away from Rampurhat Junction) * Water supplying pipe at each platform for water filling into Passenger trains * 3 "Indian oil" tanks for Goods trains(Average daily Issue : 41 KL). * Howrah (HWH) division including

with a average daily occupancy of 136 and 98 beds by multiple use.]

Platforms

Rampurhat station has 6 platforms. It is a standard on ground structure with roof. Each Platform has developed with IPIS (Integrated Passenger Information System) under Phase-I Works of

Amrit Bharat Station Scheme Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) is an ongoing Indian Railways mission launched in February 2023 by the Ministry of Railways to redevelop 1275 stations nationwide. It is both enabler and beneficiary of other key Government of India schemes, such ...

which includes GPS Based Digital Clocks, Coach Guidance Display Board (CGDB), Train Information Board (TIB), PC Based Announcement, Platform Display Board (PDB) and Giant Digital TV Screen & 2 Giant GPS Clock at Entrance. Each Platform is highly secured with 60 Digital Modern CCTV Cameras.

Tourism

is mainly famous for its historical significance, being a major center of several ancient temples, making it a popular destination for tourists and history enthusiasts. *

is a prominent destination for tourism in

, attracting a huge number of devotees throughout the year, not only from within the state but also from neighboring regions such as

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and

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which is located just 9 km from Rampurhat Railway Station.Maa Tara Temple situated at Tarapith under Rampurhat Sub-division which is a prominent Tantric temple dedicated to the Goddess Tara and It's one of the 52 Shakti Peethams of India.Tarapith is also famous for Tantric saint

Bamakhepa Bamakhyapa (; 1837–1911Kinsely, p. 111), born Bamacharan Chattopadhyay, was an Indian Hindu saint who resided in Tarapith and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the Tarapith Temple in Birbhum. He was born at Atla village in ...

, who worshipped in the temple and resided in the

cremation ground A shmashana outside an Indian village A shmashana () is a Hindu crematory ground, where dead bodies are brought to be burnt on a pyre. It is usually located near a river or body of water on the outskirts of a village or town; as they are usually ...

s. His

ashram An ashram (, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions, not including Buddhism. Etymology The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (< Ekachakra Dham: Ekchakra Dham (Located 20 km from Rampurhat Railway Station and 10 km from

at Birchandrapur) holds great significance as the birthplace of Nityananda Rama, born in 1474 CE, a revered spiritual leader in the

Gaudiya Vaishnava Gaudiya Vaishnavism (), also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnava Hindu religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534) in India. "Gaudiya" refers to the Gaura or Gauḍa region of Bengal (present-day Malda dist ...

tradition known as a close companion and devoted disciple of

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (; ), born Vishvambhara Mishra () (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534), was an Indian Hindus, Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bha ...

Nityananda Nityananda (, ; c. 1474-c. 1540), also called Nityananda Prabhu and Nitai, was a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal. Nityananda was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's friend and disciple. Chaitanya and Nityananda are ...

is often celebrated alongside him as Gaura-Nitai at

Nabadwip Dham Nabadwip (), also spelt Navadwip, historically known as Nadia, is a heritage city in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is regarded as a holy place by Hindus, and is the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Located on the wes ...

. The Dham is also known for its popular attractions like Mala Tala, Hantugada Tirtha, Pandava Tala, and Bankima Raya Mandira.In Hindu tradition, it is also believed to be a place where the five

Pandava The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, aɳɖɐʋᵊ IAST: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic ''Mahabhara ...

s from the

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stayed during their years of exile. *

: The Maa Mauliksha Temple, located 13.8 km from Rampurhat Railway Station in Maluti, Jharkhand, is dedicated to the principal deity of the Baj Basanta Ray royal family and serves as the Guardian Goddess of Maluti.The area is home to 72 ancient temples, built as monuments to the kings of the Pala Dynasty. Tarabitan Tourism Property, located in Rampurhat (Near Rampurhat Circuit House) and managed by the Tourism Department under Government of West Bengal(WBTDCL), is a premier 3-star tourist lodge. It provides an excellent base for exploring nearby attractions like the Tarapith Temple (approximately 9 km away) and the Nalahati Sari Temple (approximately 16 km away). Conveniently, it is just 1.5 km from Rampurhat Railway Station.

Others

Nearest Airports :

Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport , (), also known as Durgapur Airport, is a domestic airport mainly serving the cities of Durgapur and Asansol in India. It is located in the Andal region of Durgapur in the state of West Bengal. It is named after the r ...

(87 km distance),

Deoghar Airport Deoghar Airport is a domestic airport serving Deoghar in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is situated approximately 12 kilometres (7.4 mi) from the city centre. The airport has been primarily developed to serve the region of North-Easter ...

(135 km Distance) Rail Enquiry : 29611, 03461 255131 For Wheel Chair Booking : 7595061529 CUG number of Post In-charges : 9002022784

References

External links

Ministry of Railways. (Official site)
* {{Railway stations in West Bengal Railway stations in Birbhum district Railway junction stations in West Bengal Howrah railway division Railway stations in India opened in 1858