Ara Junction railway station

Ara Junction railway station (station code: ARA), is a railway station serving the city of Arrah in the Bhojpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Ara Junction railway station is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network. It lies in between Buxar and Patna on Patna-Mughalsarai section of Howrah-Patna-Delhi main line which serves it with numerous trains. The Ara Bus Station is around 3 KM from the railway station.

Arrah is well connected to Patna, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Kanpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Lucknow, Agra, Prayagraj, Varansi, Bhopal, Jaipur, Surat, Kota, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Secunderabad, Guwahati, Ranchi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ajmer , Goa, Ernakulam, Anand Vihar Terminal, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Haridwar, Mysuru, Dibrugarh and other cities of India.

Facilities

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc. 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. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station. and a gusarkhana. You can find good Litti Chokha shops just outside the railway station.

Platforms

There are four platforms at Arrah Junction. The platforms are interconnected with two pedestrian Foot-over-bridges (FOB).

References

1. Patna Junction railway station
2. Sasaram Junction railway station
3. Gaya Junction railway station
4. Danapur railway station
5. Bhabua Road railway station
6. Dhanbad Junction railway station
7. List of railway junction stations in India
8. Ara–Sasaram DEMU
9. South Bihar Express
10. Madhupur Junction railway station
11. Lakhisarai Junction railway station
12. Koderma Junction railway station
13. Bihar Sharif Junction railway station
14. Dildarnagar Junction railway station
15. Maharaja College, Arrah
16. List of railway stations in India
17. Patna–Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) Vande Bharat Express
18. Mokama Junction railway station
19. Tatanagar–Buxar Express
20. Chittaranjan railway station