Purnia Junction railway station

Location
	Purnea Junction Location within Bihar Purnea Junction Purnea Junction (India)

पूर्णिया जंक्शन
PURNEA JUNCTION
; पूर्णिया जंक्शन; PURNEA JUNCTION
General information
Location	Purnea City Road, Khushkibagh, ; Purnea, Bihar-854305; India
Coordinates	25°47′22″N87°31′08″E / 25.7895°N 87.5190°E
Elevation	40 metres (130 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railways
Line(s)	Barauni–Katihar, Saharsa and Purnea sections,; Barauni–Guwahati line ;
Platforms	3
Tracks	7
Connections	Khushkibagh Auto Stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PRNA
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1887;137 years ago
Electrified	2022;2 years ago
Previous names	Purnia City
Passengers
	5000/day
Services
Northeast Frontier Railway
Other services
Location
Location
	Purnea Junction Location within Bihar Purnea Junction Purnea Junction (India)

Last updated October 11, 2024

Purnea Junction railway station (station code:- PRNA), is the railway station serving the city of Purnea in the Purnea district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a A category railway station of Katihar railway division in Northeast Frontier Railway.^[2]

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 metre gauge. Another standard-gauge line of East Central Railway (ECR) connects Purnea with Saharsa Junction via Banmankhi. Conversion of the 36 km-long Purnea–Banmankhi stretch in Purnea–Saharsa section to broad gauge project is completed in 2016.^[3] There are daily and weekly trains to Sealdah, Malda Town, Delhi, Patna Junction, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur Junction, Gorakhpur, Lucknow Charbagh and other neighboring cities. There are many passenger trains available to Katihar, Saharsa Junction and Jogbani.

Facilities

Purnea lies in between Katihar–Jogbani section. Purnea has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. Purnea is well connected with Katihar, Jogbani and Saharsa 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 foot overbridge (FOB) with lifts. On 10 April 2018 free Wi-Fi facility was started.

Trains

Time Table

Train no.	Train name	From	To	Arrival	Departure	Day
15283	Janaki Intercity Express	Manihari	Jaynagar	00:40	00:45	Daily
07557	KIR-JBN DEMU	Katihar	Jogbani	04:28	04:30	Daily
05240	SHC-PRNA DEMU	Saharsa Junction	Purnia	04:45	--:--	Daily
05239	PRNA-SHC DEMU	Purnia	Saharsa Junction	--:--	06:00	Daily
12488	Seemanchal Express	Anand Vihar Terminal	Jogbani	05:52	05:57	Daily
07562	JBN-KIR DEMU	Jogbani	Katihar	06:27	06:29	Daily
15723	Jogbani Siliguri Town Express	Jogbani	Siliguri Town	06:50	06:52	Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
07553	KIR-JBN DEMU	Jogbani	Katihar	07:35	07:37	Daily
13159	Kolkata–Jogbani Express	Kolkata	Jogbani	08:48	08:50	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
13169	Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea)	Sealdah	Saharsa Junction	08:55	09:00	Wednesday, Friday
07558	JBN-KIR DEMU	Jogbani	Katihar	09:03	09:05	Daily
05224	SHC-PRNA DEMU	Saharsa Junction	Purnia	10:00	--:--	Daily
05223	PRNA-SHC DEMU	Purnia	Saharsa Junction	--:--	11:00	Daily
07559	KIR-JBN DEMU	Katihar	Jogbani	11:05	11:07	Daily
07554	JBN-KIR DEMU	Jogbani	Katihar	12:31	12:33	Daily
07545	KIR-JBN DEMU	Katihar	Jogbani	13:10	13:12	Daily
15284	Janaki Intercity Express	Jaynagar	Manihari	13:45	13:50	Daily
07555	KIR-JBN DEMU	Katihar	Jogbani	15:21	15:23	Daily
07560	JBN-KIR DEMU	Jogbani	Katihar	15:40	15:42	Daily
13160	Kolkata–Jogbani Express	Jogbani	Kolkata	16:10	16:12	Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
13170	Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea)	Saharsa Junction	Sealdah	17:40	17:45	Wednesday, Friday
07546	JBN-KIR DEMU	Jogbani	Katihar	18:30	18:32	Daily
07561	KIR-JBN DEMU	Katihar	Jogbani	18:50	18:52	Daily
07556	JBN-KIR DEMU	Jogbani	Katihar	19:43	19:45	Daily
05226	SHC-PRNA DEMU	Saharsa Junction	Purnia	20:45	--:--	Daily
05225	PRNA-SHC DEMU	Purnia	Saharsa Junction	--:--	21:15	Daily
12487	Seemanchal Express	Jogbani	Anand Vihar Terminal	22:00	22:05	Daily
15724	Siliguri Town Jogbani Express	Siliguri Town	Jogbani	22:10	22:12	Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Mail/Express

Janaki Intercity Express

Route- Manihari, Katihar, Purnea, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Samastipur, Darbhanga and Jaynagar

Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea)

Route: Saharsa Junction, Purnea, Katihar, Malda Town, Azimganj, Katwa and Sealdah

Kolkata–Jogbani Express

Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Malda Town, Pakur, Bolpur Shantiniketan, Bardhaman and Kolkata

Seemanchal Express

Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Barauni, Patliputra Junction, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, Kanpur Central and Anand Vihar Terminal

Jogbani Siliguri Town Express

Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Barsoi, Kishanganj, Thakurganj, Bagdogra, Siliguri Junction and Siliguri Town

Local/Passenger

Katihar–Jogbani DEMU Service
Purnea–Saharsa DEMU Service

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↑ "Archived copy". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Rail Drishti".

[2] "PRNA/Purnea Junction (3)". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[3] "Archived copy". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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