Samastipur Junction railway station

Samastipur Junction railway station
Indian Railway
Location	Station Road, Samastipur, Bihar India
Elevation	55 metres (183 ft)
Owned by	East Central Railway of the Indian Railways
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Muzaffarpur- Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Barauni-Samastipur-Muzaffarpur-Hajipur line Samastipur-Muzaffarpur section Barauni-Samastipur section
Platforms	7
Tracks	15
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SPJ
Zone(s)	East Central Railway
Division(s)	Samastipur Division
History
Electrified	Completed from 24 December 2014
Previous names	East Indian Railways

Samastipur Junction railway station, (Station code: SPJ), is a railway station serving the city of Samastipur in the Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Samastipur Junction railway station, is well connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network and serves the city with numerous number of trains. Samastipur is well connected to Patna, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Udaipur,Jaipur, Kanpur, Guwahati, Surat, Lucknow, and other cities. It is also the originating station for many superfasts and express trains.

Facilities

The major facilities available are Waiting rooms, retiring room, computerized 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. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed to reduce the queue for train tickets on the station.

Platforms

There are 9 platforms at Samastipur Junction. The platforms are interconnected with three foot over bridge(FOB).