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{{Short description|Railway station in Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]<br/>{{background color|darkblue|{{font color|white|Barauni Junction railway station}}}}
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Barauni Junction.jpg
| image_caption = 
| address = [[Barauni]], [[Begusarai district]], [[Bihar]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|27|44|N|85|59|17|E|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|48|m|ft}}
| line = [[Mokama–Barauni section]]<br/>[[Barauni–Katihar section|Barauni–Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections]]<br/>[[Barauni–Samastipur section]]<br/>[[Barauni–Guwahati line]]<br/>[[Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines]] <br/>[[Barauni–Samastipur–Muzaffarpur–Hajipur line]] <br/>[[Barauni]]–[[Lakhisarai]]–[[Howrah]] [[Railway line|line]]<br/>[[Barauni]]–[[Mokama]]–[[Patna]] [[Railway line|line]]
| other = [[Hajipur]], [[Kiul Junction]], [[Patna]]
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 9
| tracks = 15
| parking = Yes
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1883|05|01}}
| closed = 
| rebuilt = 
| electrified = 2001–02<ref name=elec>{{cite web|title=History of Electrification|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|work=information published by CORE (Central Organisation for Railway Electrification)|publisher=CORE (Central Organisation for Railway Electrification)|access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>
| ADA = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| code = {{Indian railway code
  | code = BJU
  | zone = [[East Central Railway zone]]
  | division = {{rwd|Sonpur}}
  }}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railways]]
| status = Functioning
| former = East Indian Railway
| passengers = 
| pass_year = 
| pass_percent = 
| pass_system = 
| map_type = India Bihar#India
| map_dot_label = '''Barauni Junction'''
}}

'''Barauni Junction railway station''' (station code '''BJU'''), is a railway station in the [[Sonepur, Bihar|Sonpur]] division of [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]. Barauni Junction is located in [[Barauni]] city in [[Begusarai district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref name=sonpurrail.gov.in>{{cite web|title=Official Website of Sonpur Division of East Central Railway |url=http://www.sonpurrail.gov.in/ |publisher=Government of India |access-date=27 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506225623/http://www.sonpurrail.gov.in/ |archive-date=6 May 2012 }}</ref>
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== History ==
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 [[Muzaffarpur 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=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-11/patna/31049817_1_passenger-amenities-railway-plan-rail-land-development-authority|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=dead|archive-date=9 December 2012|access-date=27 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 February 2012}}</ref>

== Facilities ==
The major facilities available are waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility and vehicle parking.<ref name=computerized_list>{{cite web|title=List of Locations (Irrespective Of States) Where Computerized Reservation Facilities Are Available |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/location_Alphabetically.html |publisher=Official website of the [[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 }}</ref> The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has STD/ISD/PCO telephone booth, toilets, tea stall, fruit stall, dairy stall, meal stall and book stall.

=== Platforms ===
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Barauni Junction has  9 platforms.Platform no.1 will be again rebuilt here. The platforms are interconnected with [[foot overbridge]]s (FOB). It has two foot overbridges.Another foot overbridge will be built at this station.

== Trains ==
Several electrified local passenger trains and express trains run from Barauni Junction to neighbouring destinations.<ref name=indiantrains>{{cite web|title=Barauni Junction Details |url=http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=BJU |publisher=indiantrains.org |access-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221127/http://www.indiantrains.org/station-details/?code=BJU |archive-date=3 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=trainlist>{{cite web|title=Trains at Barauni Junction|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/558|publisher=India Rail Info|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref>
<!-- TO BE ADDED LATER The following is the sortable table of all the trains passing from  Barauni Junction.(as on 18 April 2012)
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"
|+ Trains at Barauni Junction
|-
!style="background-color:#cfcfcf;"  align="center" |  Train No. !! Train Name !! Train type !! Zone !! From  !!Days !!Departure Time
|-
|13242||Rajendra Nagar Begusarai-Banka Exp...||Exp||ECR||Banka/BAKA||Daily except Sun||0:03
|} -->

== Nearest airports ==
The nearest airports to Barauni Junction are
#[[Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport]], [[Patna]] {{Convert|102|km}}
#[[Gaya International Airport]] {{Convert|147|km}}
#[[Birsa Munda Airport]], [[Ranchi]]  {{Convert|277|km}}
#[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]], [[Kolkata]] {{Convert|504|km}}
#[[Bagdogra Airport]], [[Bagdogra]] {{Convert|372|km}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://begusarai.nic.in/ Official website of the Begusarai district]

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{{Railway stations in Bihar}}
{{Railways in Bihar}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Begusarai district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Bihar]]
[[Category:Sonpur railway division]]
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[[Category:Transport in Barauni]]


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