Danapur Railway Station or Danapur Junction, station code DNR, is a large railway station and the headquarters of Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Danapur is connected to metropolitan areas of India by the Delhi–Kolkata main line via Mughalsarai–Patna route. It is in Khagaul city about 6 km from Danapur Cantonment, in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Due to its location on the Howrah–Patna–Mughalsarai main line, many Patna and Barauni-bound express trains coming from Howrah and stop here. It lies between to the west and to the east. Another line branches north-eastwards from Danapur and joins Patna–Sonepur line at .

There are refreshment rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian food stall, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office, telephone booth, Government Railway Police (GRP) office and Railway Protection Force (RPF) barracks.

Recently Danapur station has been redesigned with street art motifs on its façade, dedicated to the famous mathematician born in Bihar, Aryabhata.

History Danapur (formerly Dinapur) railway station was built in the 1860s. Old Patna station (now Patna Sahib station) in Patna City and the then Bankipore station on the Howrah-Delhi line (near the site of the present Patna Junction built much later) were also built at this time.

Electrification Danapur station was electrified in March 2000 and passed the CRS inspection on 14 September 2000. Sector-wise electrification was as follows: – Danapur between 1999–2000 and Danapur – between 2001 and 2002.

Facilities The major facilities available are waiting room, free wifi from railwire, computerized reservation facility and vehicle parking. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO telephone booth, toilets, tea stall and book stall. The Danapur station was given a new look in 2012.

Platforms There are 6 platforms at Danapur. The platforms are interconnected with three foot overbridge (FOB). Newly developed platform is not in sequence. It is situated in line of platform No 1 towards Patna Jn.

Construction East Central Railway is constructing a new platform (number 6), at an estimated cost of Rs 2.33 crore, on the southern end of the station. The work is in progress with a provision to accommodate 24 coach load combination of mail and express trains at the new platform. Under the new development plan, the railways has also decided to connect platform number 6 to platform numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 by building a new spacious foot over bridge (FOB) at a cost of Rs 5.2 crore.

A new 92metre-long and 6metre-wide FOB is also proposed. This will connect platform #1A to the new platform (number 6), to facilitate passengers’ easy movement within the station premises. The railways is also constructing a new platform shed with 48 metre in length and 12 metre in width on platform numbers 4 and 5 to provide comforts to passengers.

The EC-Railways would also build an air conditioned waiting hall at Danapur at an estimated cost of Rs 1.57 crore.

The station has already provision for one pair of escalators and two lifts in the years to come.

Major Trains Danapur is the Major railway station serving several express and mail trains.

Major trains originating and halting at Danapur railway station are as follows:

Train Nº Name26301 / 26302Jogbani–Danapur Vande Bharat Express 12423 / 12424 Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express 12309 / 12310 Rajendra Nagar–New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani Express 13235 / 13236 Sahibganj–Danapur Intercity Express 13247 / 13248 Kamakhya–Arrah Junction Capital Express 13245 / 13246 New Jalpaiguri-Arrah Junction Capital Express 18183 / 18184 Danapur–Tatanagar Super Express 15645 / 15646 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Dibrugarh Express 15589 / 15590 Muzaffarpur–Hadapsar (Pune) AC Express 12520 / 12519 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Agartala AC Express 15483 / 15484 Alipurduar - Delhi Junction Mahananda Express 12505 / 12506 Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Terminal North East Express 15647 / 15648 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Guwahati Express 19669 / 19670 Udaipur City–Patliputra Humsafar Express 16602 / 16601 Erode–Jogbani Amrit Bharat Express 11015 / 11016 Mumbai LTT–Saharsa Amrit Bharat Express 22361 / 22362 Rajendra Nagar Terminal–New Delhi Amrit Bharat Express 15293 / 15294 Muzaffarpur–Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express 12436 / 12435 Jaynagar–Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express 22405 / 22406 Bhagalpur–Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express 19435 / 19436 Ahmedabad-Asansol Weekly Express 13005 / 13006 Howrah - Amritsar Mail 12303 / 12304 Howrah - New Delhi Poorva Express 12333 / 12334 Howrah - Prayagraj Vibhuti Express 12331 / 12332 Howrah - Jammu Tawi Himgiri Superfast Express 15733 / 15734 Farakka Express (via Sultanpur) 15743 / 15744 Farakka Express (via Ayodhya Cantt) 12577 / 12578 Mysore - Darbhanga Bhagmati Express 13233 / 13234 Danapur–Rajgir Rajgriha Express 03483 / 03484 Malda Town–Danapur Special Fare Special 53231 / 53232 Tilaiya–Danapur Passenger 63219 / 63220 Danapur–Raghunathpur MEMU 12791 / 12792 Secunderabad–Danapur Express 13401 / 13402 Bhagalpur–Danapur Intercity Express 13257 / 13258 Danapur–Anand Vihar Jan Sadharan Express 19063 / 19064 Udhna–Danapur Bi-Weekly Express 63217 / 63218 Mokama–Danapur MEMU 63339 / 63340 Rajgir–Danapur MEMU 12295 / 12296 KSR Bengaluru Sanghamitra Express 12149 / 12150 Danapur–Pune Superfast Express13226/13225Danapur - Jaynagar InterCity Express

Nearest airports The nearest airports to Danapur Station are Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna Gaya Airport Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

See also Ara Junction railway station Patliputra Junction railway station Phulwari Sharif railway station Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station

References

External links Danapur Station Map Official website of the Patna district One more platform at Danapur station soon