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{{short description|Railway station in Bihar}}
{{see also|Bapu Dham Superfast Express}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Bapudham Motihari
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] Station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Bapudham Motihari Station Board.jpg
| image_caption = View of Bapudham Motihari Station Board, [[Bihar]]
| address = State Highway 54, [[Motihari]], [[East Champaran district]], [[Bihar]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|26|39|17.6|N|84|54|17.6|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|72|m|ft}}
| line = [[Barauni–Samastipur section]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 2
| tracks = 4 [[broad gauge]] {{track gauge|1676mm}}
| parking = Yes
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes (In 2014<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-11899365.html| title=सपना साकार, अब फर्राटे भरेगी विद्युत ट्रेन|website=Jagran.com|language=hi| date=22 December 2014}}</ref>)
| ADA = {{Access icon|20px}} Available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BMKI
| zone = [[East Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Samastipur}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railways]]
| status = Functioning
| former = East Indian Railways
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Bihar#India
| map_dot_label = '''Bapudham Motihari''' Railway Station
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}}

'''Bapudham Motihari Railway Station ('''previously '''Motihari Railway Station)''' is a major railway station in [[Motihari]], [[East Champaran district]] of [[Bihar]]. Its station code is '''BMKI'''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/bapudham-motihari-bmki/7505| website=India Rail Info| title=BMKI/Bapudham Motihari}}</ref> The station mainly consists of two platforms and acts as the main station in the city of [[Motihari]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/irctc-launches-a-new-train-specially-for-new-year-travellers/1/554924.html| title=IRCTC launches a new train specially for New Year travellers| website=India Today| date=24 December 2015| first=Samonway| last=Duttagupta}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://hindi.oneindia.com/news/india/no-headway-in-rail-projects-of-bihar-343855.html| title=प्रभु भी नहीं दे पाए बिहार की रेल परियोजनाओं को स्पीड| language=hi| first=Vivek| last=Shukla| date=26 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1567064544325-BMKI.pdf|title=Bapudham Motihari Raiway Station Model}}</ref>

== Connectivity ==
There are total 49 trains available,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bapudham Motihari Station – 49 Train Departures ECR/East Central Zone – Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/bapudham-motihari-bmki/7505|last=Shaikh|first=Azar S.|website=India Rail Info|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> which connect to some major cities of India viz., [[Amritsar]], [[Bihar]] ([[Darbhanga]], [[Katihar]], [[Muzaffarpur]], [[Narkatiaganj]], [[Pataliputra|Patliputra]], [[Raxaul]] & [[Saharsa]]), [[Dehradun]], [[Delhi]] ([[Anand Vihar Terminal railway station|Anand Vihar]]), [[Guwahati]], [[Gujarat]] ([[Ahmedabad]] & [[Porbandar]]), [[Howrah]] ([[Kolkata]]), [[Jaipur]], [[Jammu]], [[Mumbai]] ([[Bandra]] & [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus|LTT]]) and [[Uttar Pradesh]] ([[Bareilly]], [[Kanpur]], [[Lucknow]] & [[Maruadih|Manduadih]]).

== Historical background ==
It holds many historical references such as the start of the [[Champaran Satyagraha]], in April 1917, on the request of [[Raj Kumar Shukla]], for which [[Mahatma Gandhi]] went to [[Champaran]] and started the [[Satyagraha|Satyagraha Movement]] against the cultivation of [[Indigo|Neel]] ([[Indigofera|Indigo]]), in the Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the period of the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=चंपारण सत्याग्रह के सौ वर्ष बाद बिहार में नील की खेती|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/patna/story-neel-cultivation-in-bihar-after-hundred-years-of-champaran-satyagraha-2079296.html|access-date=2021-07-20|website=Hindustan|language=hindi}}</ref> It was the first Satyagraha Movement, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and a major revolt in the [[Indian independence movement]]. '''Jab Neel ka Daag Mita: Champaran 1917''', by author '''Pushyamitra''' expresses such events about the plight, Bihar farmers faced and the fight towards freedom which Bapu lead.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-16|title=Jab Neel ka Daag Mita: Champaran 1917 – An account of the plight of the farmers under the British Rule in Champaran, Bihar|url=https://indiaeducationdiary.in/jab-neel-ka-daag-mita-champaran-1917-an-account-of-the-plight-of-the-farmers-under-the-british-rule-in-champaran-bihar/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=India Education {{!}} Latest Education News {{!}} Global Educational News {{!}} Recent Educational News|language=en-US}}</ref>

Another important Satyagraha just after this revolt was [[Kheda Satyagraha of 1918]], which was also here for the first time, Mahatma Gandhi was first addressed as Bapu & Mahatma.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://champaran.org/the-champaran/|title=The Champaran – Champaran Foundation|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apnamotihari.com/motihari/history-of-motihari|title=History of Motihari and East Champaran {{!}} Mahatama Gandhi and Satyagrah Andolan in Champaran {{!}} George Orwell in Motihari|website=www.apnamotihari.com|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>

Due to these movements, the station name changed from '''Motihari railway station''' to '''Bapudham Motihari railway station''' ('''Bapudham''': Land of Bapu), as a special tribute, for the contribution towards independence of India by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.

== Ranking ==
As per Station Superintendent Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, it was ranked '''264th''' in the year 2018. And was again ranked '''23rd''' for the overall cleanliness, among the list of the top 100 stations, including the new stations of East-Central Railway, in October 2019. Rajesh Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway Hajipur, said that it has ranked '''9th''' among the top 10 stations, which have improved rapidly in the whole country.

It has also been included in the list of top 25 railway stations in the India, released by Railway Minister [[Piyush Goyal]], for the ranking of clean and green stations in New Delhi, to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=देश में 23 वीं रैंक पर मोतिहारी रेलवे स्टेशन|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/motihari/story-motihari-railway-station-ranked-23rd-in-the-country-2779643.html|website=Live Hindustan|language=hi|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=बापूधाम मोतिहारी स्टेशन को स्वच्छता रैंकिंग में 23वां स्थान, जानें किनके बीच था मुकाबला East champaran News|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-bapudham-motihari-station-ranked-23rd-in-cleanliness-ranking-know-who-was-competing-19635588.html|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railway stations in Bihar|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Railway stations in East Champaran district|Motihari]]
[[Category:Samastipur railway division|Motihari]]

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Bapudham Motihari railway station - Revision history

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