Sainthia Junction railway station is one of the oldest stations in

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Sainthia Sainthia (formerly Nandipur) is a city and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The city is known as business city of Birbhum district. The city is under the jurisdiction of Sainthia ...

city of

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in the Indian state of

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. It is a "NSG-5" category railway station. The railway station is 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 Sainthia Railway Station 2

Trains

Some of the Major Trains available from this railway station are as follows: * Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Super-fast Express * Sealdah-Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express * Sealdah-Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express * Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express * Sealdah–Agartala Kanchenjunga Express * Sealdah-Rampurhat Maa Taara Express * Ranchi Bhagalpur Vananchal Express * Ranchi–Kamakhya Express * Howrah Rampurhat Mayurkashi Express * Howrah–Malda Town Intercity Express * Howrah–Azimganj Kavi Guru Express * Howrah-Azimganj Ganadevata Express * Howrah-Radhikapur Kulik Express *

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List of Trains that Not Restored Yet

*12373/74 Sealdah - Rampurhat Triweekly Intercity Superfast Express *13013/14 Rampurhat - Bardhaman Triweekly 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

History

Construction of the Khana–Rajmahal section of

Sahibganj loop The Sahibganj loop is a railway line connecting Khana Junction and Kiul Junction. Originally a part of the Howrah–Delhi main line, it was opened to traffic in 1866. With the construction of a shorter railway line for a part of the route, th ...

was completed in October 1859. Construction of the Sainthia railway station was done as part of building the entire line and that was the start of the Sainthia railway station that year. The first passenger train journey from this station started on 1 September 1859. On 4 July 1860, train service started from Howrah to Rajmahal via Khana. The

Andal–Sainthia branch line The Andal–Sainthia branch line is a railway line connecting Andal on the Bardhaman–Asansol section of the Howrah–Delhi main line and Sainthia Junction on the Sahibganj loop. This track is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway. Th ...

was built in 1913.

Amenities

Amenities at Sainthia railway station include sheds, first-class and second-class waiting rooms, escalators, two over bridges, digital clock, CCTV camera, toilet and book stall.

Goods facilities

There were full rake goods sheds at the Sainthia railway station until 2018. Currently, it is used as a railway siding to load/unload material in the rakes.

References

Railway stations in Birbhum district Railway stations in India opened in 1859 Howrah railway division Railway junction stations in West Bengal {{WestBengal-railstation-stub