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

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other imp ...

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 52 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 The Sainthia train collision occurred on 19 July 2010, at the Sainthia Junction railway station in Sainthia, India, when the Uttar Banga Express collided with the Vananchal Express as it was leaving the platform. 66 people died as a result ...

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: * 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 The 13011 / 12 Howrah Malda Town Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction & Malda Town in India. It operates as train number 13011 from Howrah Junction to Malda ...

Howrah–Azimganj Kavi Guru Express The 13027 / 13028 Howrah–Azimganj Junction Kavi Guru Express is an Express train of the Kavi Guru seriebelonging to Indian Railways – Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 13027 from Howrah Junc ...

* Howrah-Azimganj Ganadevata Express * Howrah-Radhikapur Kulik Express * Howrah–Gaya 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, the ...

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. This ...

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.http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/traffic_tran/downloads/ER.pdf

References

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