Railways in Darbhanga

Railways in Darbhanga

Darbhanga (Station Code -"DBG") is one of the most important railway stations under the East Central Railway (ECR) headquartered at Hajipur.Darbhanga was the first city of north Bihar to get connection with meter gauge track in 1875, when track between Bajitpur Darbhanga laid. Later the railway line extended towards eastern side up to Kosi river(kanwaGhat) and East, on west side track was linkd up to Gorakhpur, making whole route as Trunk route. But due to Flood and Kosi's curse change both lines ware broken. Now a bridge on Gandak at Valmikinagar was build to connect West side and another mega bridge on Kosi at Nirmali is under construction which will link Far Eastern region with main land.

There are three important railway lines:

* Darbhanga to Samastipur (Broad Gauge)

* Darbhanga to Sitamadhi (Broad Gauage)

* Darbhanga to Jaynagar (Broad gauage)

* Sakri to Biraul - New BG line up to Biraul has been constructed.

* Sakri-Nirmali/Laukaha Bazaar MG.

Direct trains are also available from Darbhanga-

* Jaynagar/Darbhanga to Sealdah, Chitpur (Kolkata) (Gangasagar-Mithilanchal Exp),

* Darbhanga to New Delhi / Delhi (Bihar Sampark Kranti, Swatantrata Sainani Exp),

* Darbhanga to Pune via. Nagpur and Jabalpur Junction in Madhya Pradesh (Weekly 1033/1034),

* Darbhanga to (LTT) Mumbai (Pawan Exp) via. Jabalpur.

* Darbhanga to Chennai / Bangalore(Bagmati Exp )

* Jaynagar/Darbhanga to Amritser (Shaheed, Saryu Yamuna Exp, Jansewa Exp),

* Jaynagar/Darbhanga to Patna/Danapur (Intercity),

* Darbhanga to Guwahati (Jeewach Exp),

* Darbhanga to Ahmadabad (Sabarmati Express).

* Garib Rath (Hari Hari Babasahibni)_Bi Weekly (Jaynagar_HazratNizamuddin),

* Janki Express (Jaynagar_Saharsa) Try Weekly'

* Licchavi Express (Sitamarhi_New Delhi),

* Darbhanga_Puri Express Weekly,

* Darbhanga_Guwahati Weekly Super Fast Special.

Other important towns connected with Darbhanga are: Gorakhpur; Varanasi, Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, New Jalpaiguri, Satna, Katni, Jabalpur, Itarsi (Near Bhopal), Khandwa, Jhansi, Nagpur, Vijaywada, Ludhiana, Chennai and Tirunelvelli.

Approx. for every major cities it has direct train, but still it is not connected directly with Hyderabad/Secunderabad. It do not have any direct trains for Jaipur, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Ujjain, Ratlam, Surat and Goa.

Railway Stations and Halts Darbhanga Jn (Main City Station), Laheriasarai (Near Civil Court), Kakarghati, Bijuli halt, Tarsarai (Muria), Thalwara, Siso Halt, Mohammadpur, Kamtaul, Tektar, Hayaghat, Rambhadra Pur, Jogiara, Muraitha, Mandan Mishra Halt, Biroul, Mirzapur, Manigachi, Deora Bandhouli. Benipur Jn (Antour - Balha Stn.), Pohaddi Laxmipur Halt, Neuri Stn., Biraul Stn., Kusheshwarsthan Stn.