{{Short description|Railway station in Gaya, Bihar, India}} {{other uses|Gaya Station (disambiguation)}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox station | name = 30px<br />{{font color|blue|Gaya Junction}} | type = Indian Railways junction station | style = Indian Railways | image = File:Gaya Junction railway station.jpg|Gaya_Junction_railway_station | image_size = | image_caption = Gaya Junction | address = Gaya, Gaya district, Bihar | country = India | coordinates = {{coord|24|48|12|N|84|59|58|E|display=inline}} | elevation = {{Convert|117|m|ft}} | line = Grand Chord<br />Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line<br />Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line<br />Asansol–Gaya section<br />Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section<br />Patna–Gaya line<br />Gaya–Kiul line | other = | structure = At-grade | platform = 10 | tracks = 14 | parking = Available <!-- Unsupported parameters | baggage_check = Available | entrances = 2 -->| opened = {{Start date and age|1879}} | closed = | rebuilt = 2023-2025 | electrified = Yes | bicycle = {{rint|bicycle}} {{color|green|Available}} | accessible = | code = {{Indian railway code | code = GAYA | zone = East Central Railway zone | division = {{rwd|Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya}} }} | owned = Indian Railways | operator = East Central Railway zone | status = Functional | former = East Indian Railway Company<br />Eastern Railway zone | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = | route_map = {{Grand Chord|inline=1}} | map_type = India#India Bihar#India | map_dot_label = Gaya Junction | map_alt = | map_caption = Location with Gaya | mapframe = yes | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Gaya Junction | mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}} }} '''Gaya Junction railway station''' (station code:- '''GAYA''') is a junction station serving the city of Gaya<nowiki/>ji, the headquarters of Gayaji district and Magadh Division in the Indian state of Bihar. Gaya is in the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway division of the East Central Railway zone. Grand Chord rail-line that connects Howrah and New Delhi passes through Gaya. It lies between {{stnlnk|Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction}} on the Delhi side and {{stnlnk|Dhanbad Junction}} on the {{stnlnk|Howrah}} side. It is located at {{Coord|24|48|13|N|84|59|57|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://wikimapia.org/13242471/Gaya-Junction-Rail-Station-ER| title=Gaya Junction| publisher=Wikimapia| access-date=1 December 2011}}{{unreliable source?|date=October 2017}}</ref> It has an elevation of {{Convert|117|m|ft}}. Gaya is connected with most of the states through rail network.
There are also two other broad-gauge train lines from Gayaji, one to Patna and the other to {{stnlnk|Kiul Junction}}. The city has two major railway stations: Gaya Junction & Manpur Junction. Gaya is well connected with Patna, Jehanabad, Biharsharif, Rajgir, Islampur, Nawada, Dehri on sone through daily passenger and express train services.
== History == thumb|left|250px|Gaya Junction railway station Several years before the Grand Chord was built, a connection from the Howrah–Delhi main line to Gaya was developed in 1900 and the South Bihar Railway Company (operated by EIR) had laid a line from Lakhisarai to Gaya in 1879.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title=Indian Railway History timeline| first=R.P.| last=Saxena| access-date=20 November 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> The Grand Chord was opened on 6 December 1906.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://eastrailindia.tripod.com/grandchord.html| title=As the traffic continued to grow even beyond the capacity of the| access-date=20 November 2011| website=Symphony of Progress – The Saga of Eastern Railway}}</ref>
;New developments In February 2012, the Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations including Gaya Junction by building and developing Restaurants, shopping areas and food plaza for commercial business and improving passenger amenities.<ref name=RSDC>{{cite news| title=Railways to set up body to develop stations| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Railways-to-set-up-body-to-develop-stations/articleshow/11843446.cms| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209011516/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-11/patna/31049817_1_passenger-amenities-railway-plan-rail-land-development-authority| url-status=live| archive-date=9 December 2012| access-date=27 April 2012| date=11 February 2012| first=Kumod| newspaper=The Times of India| last=Verma}}</ref>
== Facilities == There are 10 platforms in the Gaya Junction which are from platform 1 to 7 and 1A & 1B. There is 1 Pilgrim Platform also, where the pilgrim train stop. The platforms are interconnected with foot overbridges (FOB). It has three foot overbridge, the station houses all the major facilities like waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility, food plaza, dormitory, retiring rooms, cafeteria, bookshop, etc.<ref name=computerized_list>{{cite web| title=Alphabetically List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/location_Alphabetically.html| website=Indian Railways| access-date=18 April 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703033000/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/location_Alphabetically.html| archive-date=3 July 2013| df=dmy}}</ref> Existing facilities are being revamped for developing it as model station under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
== Trains == Gaya Junction's location on the Delhi–Kolkata Grand chord route, makes it served by numerous express and superfast trains from all over the country. Gaya Junction is the second most important railway station in Bihar after Patna and second largest in terms of platforms after Patna Jn. It is a junction and is connected to all the major cities such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai through important broad-gauge routes (direct trains). Now it is also directly connected to Guwahati (N-E India). There is a direct train * Mahabodhi Express from New Delhi to Gaya daily. * Gaya–Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express has been added from Gaya to Anand Vihar Terminal (Delhi), which runs weekly. *Howrah–Gaya Vande Bharat Express from Kolkata to Gaya. *Ekatmata Express from Lucknow. *Howrah–Gaya Express from Howrah. *Patna–Gaya Passenger *Kamakhya–Gaya Weekly Express
There are direct trains from Gaya to important stations in India like Delhi, Kolkata, Dhanbad, Chennai, Kamakhya–Guwahati, Ranchi, Patna, Parasnath(Shikharji), Bokaro, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kota, Kanpur, Allahabad, Agra, Bareilly, Mathura, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Nagpur, Mumbai, Pune, Puri, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Dehradun, Kalka, Jammu, Gwalior, Dehradun, Ranchi, Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Bhuvaneshwar, Bhavnagar etc. Several electrified local passenger trains also run from Gaya to neighbouring destinations at regular intervals.<ref name=trainlist>{{cite web| title=Trains at Gaya| url=http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/1388| website=India Rail Info| access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=indiantrains>{{cite web| title=Gaya Junction Railway Station Details |url=http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=GAYA&name=DHANBAD+JN| website=indiantrains.org| access-date=1 April 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408222802/http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=GAYA&name=DHANBAD+JN| archive-date=8 April 2014| df=dmy}}</ref> Gaya Patna daily bond passenger train also plays a very essential role in the development of Bihar. The train starts from Gaya Junction to Patna Junction via Bela, Chakand, Jehanabad, Makhdoompur.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Sister project links|voy=Gaya|Gaya}} * [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/gaya-junction-gaya/1388 Trains at Gaya] * [http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/1388 Gaya Railway Station Map] * [http://gaya.bih.nic.in/ Official website of the Gaya district]
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