Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line

Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line
Bihar Sharif Junction, the most important station of the rail line
Overview
Status	Partially operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Patna, Nalanda & Sheikhpura districts of Bihar
Termini	Neora Sheikhpura
Service
Operator(s)	East Central Railway
History
Opened	2015 (Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif section)
Technical
Line length	123.2 km (77 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE in 2019 b/w Daniyawan and Bihar Sharif
Operating speed	Up to 120 km/h
Route map km on Patna–Mughalsarai section of Howrah–Delhi main line 0 Neora --Under construction --Under construction Patna–Gaya line to Patna Jatdumari Patna–Gaya line to Gaya --Under construction --Under construction Fatuha–Tilaiya line to Fatuha 42 Daniyawan Fatuha–Tilaiya line to Tilaiya 48 Sultanpur Gram 51 Lachhubigha (Halt) 56 Rukhai (Halt) 58 Chandi (Halt) Mohana River 62 Badhauna (Halt) 66 Noorsarai NH 20 75 Dekpura (Halt) Panchane River 77 Sohsarai (Halt) Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line to Bakhtiyarpur 80 Bihar Sharif NH 33 Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line to Tilaiya Panchane River NH 33 Nepura Amanwan Barbigha Sarsa Jamalpur Matokhar to Kiul 123 Sheikhpura on Gaya–Kiul line to Gaya

The Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line is a proposed railway line connecting Neora on the Howrah–Delhi main line and Sheikhpura on the Gaya–Kiul line both in the Indian state of Bihar.This line will connect Neora on the Howrah–Delhi main line near Danapur, Jatdumri on Patna–Gaya line, Daniyawan on Fatuha–Tilaiya line, Bihar Sharif on Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line and Sheikhpura on Gaya–Kiul line.

History

Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line[1] was approved in 2002–03 by Indian Railways in order to reduce loads of trains on Danapur–Kiul route of Howrah–Delhi main line. This was considered a very ambitious project in order to improve train operations on Patna–Jhajha–Howrah railway section. The railways have made progress on this project, particularly between the Daniyawan and Barbigha route. The train is running on Bihar Sharif–Daniyawan rail line from 2015. Bihar Sharif–Barbigha and Barbigha–Sheikhpura railway lines are being built. However, they have not made much progress on the route between Neora and Daniyawan due to land acquisition problem.

Electrification

The Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif section was electrified in 2019 and inaugurated on 17 Feb 2019 by PM Narendra Modi.[2]

Important stations

Bihar Sharif Junction, Daniyawan, Barbigha and Sheikhpura are important stations on this line.

Bihar Sharif is the headquarters of Nalanda district and interchange station for Rajgir and Nalanda, which are popular tourist destinations and are part of the Buddhist Circuit of Bihar.[3] Pawapuri is part of the Jain Circuit of Bihar.[4]

Sections

• Neora–Daniyawan section 42.2 km (26 mi)
• Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif section 38.28 km (24 mi)
• Bihar Sharif–Barbigha section 25.9 km (16 mi)
• Barbigha–Sheikhpura section 16.8 km (10 mi)

Trains

63329/63330 Rajgir–Fatuha MEMU, runs via Bihar Sharif and Daniyawan.

References

1. "पटना : नेऊरा-दनियावां व बरबीघा-शेखपुरा रेलखंड, 16 वर्षों में काम भी नहीं हो सका शुरू".
2. "PM Modi dedicates Rs 33,000 crore projects to Bihar; Patna to get metro rail". The Economic Times.
3. "Buddhist Circuit of Bihar". Bihar Tourism. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
4. "Destinations". Bihar Tourism Development Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

See also

• Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
• Fatuha–Tilaiya line
• Gaya–Kiul line