Rajgir railway station (station code: RGD), is a railway station serving the city of Rajgir, Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Rajgir is in the Danapur railway division of the East Central Railway zone. Rajgir is well connected with , Harnaut, Koderma, Bihar Sharif, , Fatuha, Tilaiya Junction and through daily passenger and express train services. It is located near Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Rajgir Nalanda.
History Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway was a -wide narrow-gauge railway laid by Martin's Light Railways from Bakhtiarpur to Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911. It was taken over by the local district board in 1950, nationalised in 1962, and converted to .
The broad-gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. This line will transport coal from the Hazaribagh–Koderma coal belt for the Barh Thermal Power Station via Harnaut railway station. The line was sanctioned in 2001–02 and is to be extended up to Koderma.
Facilities
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, reservation counter, and vehicle parking. 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 at the station.
Platform
There are three platforms at the Rajgir railway station. The platforms are interconnected with foot overbridges (FOB). It has two foot overbridges, the third overbridge is under construction.
Trains Rajgir railway station is a major station of the East Central Railway. Several local passenger trains also run from Rajgir to neighbouring destinations at frequent intervals. The following table lists all the trains passing from Rajgir station: Updated July 2026
+ Originating/Passing trains Number Train type From To Train name 12391/12392 Superfast Rajgir New Delhi Shramjeevi Superfast Express12301/12302ExpressRajgirLokmanya Tilak TerminusRajgir–Mumbai LTT Janta Express 12947/12948 Superfast Rajgir Ahmedabad Azimabad Express 13233/13234 Express Koderma Danapur Rajgriha Express 14223/14224 Superfast Rajgir Varanasi Budhpurnima Express 13353/13354 Express Rajgir Patna Rajgir–Patna Intercity Express 53044/53043 Express Rajgir Howrah Howrah–Rajgir Fast Passenger 53221/53222 Passenger Rajgir Bakhtiyarpur Rajgir–Bakhtiyarpur Passenger 52223/53224 Passenger Rajgir Bakhtiyarpur Rajgir–Bakhtiyarpur Passenger 53226/53225 Passenger Gaya Bakhtiyarpur Gaya–Bakhtiyarpur Passenger 53231/53232 Passenger Danapur Tilaiya Danapur–Tilaiya Passenger 63329/63330 MEMU Rajgir Fatuha Rajgir–Fatuha MEMU via Bihar Sharif, Daniyawa 63339/63340 MEMU Rajgir Danapur Rajgir–Danapur MEMU 63383/63384 MEMU Vaishali Koderma Vaishali-Koderma Fast MEMU 63273/63274 MEMU Rajgir Patna Rajgir-Patna Fast MEMU
Nearest airport Airports near Rajgir are: Jay Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna (99.5 km) Gaya International Airport, Gaya (75.2 km) Rajgir International Airport, Rajgir: Planned
In February 2012, the Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) to work on improving the major railway stations, including Rajgir railway station, by building and developing restaurants, shopping areas, and food plazas for commercial business and improving passenger amenities.
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