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{{short description|Railway station in Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Begusarai Railway Station (BGS)
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Begusarai stn.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = {{jct|NH|31|country=IND}}, [[Begusarai]], [[Bihar]]
| country = India
| map_type = India#India Bihar
| coordinates = {{coord|25.4249|86.1342|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|47|m|ft}}
| line = *[[Barauni–Katihar section]]
*[[Barauni–Guwahati line]]
*[[Munger Ganga Bridge|Jamalpur line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 3
| tracks = 5
| parking = Yes
| opened =
| closed =
| rebuilt = No
| electrified = 2016<ref name=elec>{{cite web|title=History of Electrification|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|website=IRFCA|publisher=CORE (Central Organisation for Railway Electrification)|access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = '''BGS'''
| zone = [[East Central Railway zone|East Central Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Sonpur}}
}}
| owned = Indian Railway
| operator = Indian Railway
| status = Functioning
| former = East Indian Railway
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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}}
'''Begusarai railway station''' (code BGS) is a railway station in the {{rwd|Sonpur}} division of [[East Central Railway]]. Begusarai is better known as the Industrial Capital of [[Bihar]], the birthplace of noted poet Rashtrakavi [[Ramdhari Singh Dinkar]] and ''karmabhoomi'' of the Great freedom fighter, first [[Chief minister (India)|chief minister]] and architect of modern Bihar [[Shri Krishna Sinha|Dr. Shrikrishna Sinha]] alias Sri Babu.

Begusarai is an industrial and commercial hub, a district headquarter town and a [[Municipal corporation (India)|municipal corporation]]. The township of [[Indian Oil Corporation|IOCL]] Barauni Refinery is situated in Begusarai municipal corporation area.

Begusarai railway station is the main station of [[Begusarai district]]. Despite all these facts, more than one dozen pairs of long distance mail express trains do not stop at BGS. Due to unavailability of better train facilities, passengers are often compelled to board trains from [[Mokama Junction railway station|Mokama]] (MKA), [[Hathidah Junction railway station|Hathidah]], [[Barauni Junction railway station|Barauni junction]] (BJU), [[Jamalpur, Bihar|Jamalpur]] [[Khagaria Junction railway station|Khagaria]] and [[Patna Junction railway station|Patna]].

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, computerized reservation facility and vehicle parking. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. The station also has [[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]]/[[International direct dialing|ISD]]/[[Public call office|PCO]] telephone booth, toilets, tea stalls, fruit stall, dairy stall, meal stall and book stall. The station has total three platforms and are interconnected with two [[Footbridge|foot over bridges]]. Several electrified local passenger trains and express trains run from [[Barauni Junction railway station|Barauni Junction]] to neighbouring destinations such as [[Katihar Junction railway station|Katihar]], [[Munger railway station|Munger]], [[Saharsa Junction railway station|Saharsa]], [[Purnia Junction railway station|Purnia]], [[New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station|New Jalpaiguri]] among others.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/?id=58129&boxid=3313932896&ch=bihar&map=map&currentTab=tabs-1&pagedate=03/03/2016&editioncode=384&pageno=1&view=image| title=12 को दीघा-सोनपुर पुल पर नई ट्रेन को हरी झंडी दिखाएंगे पीएम मुंगेर पुल पर शुरू होगी मालगाड़ी| language=hi| website=Bhaskar.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306182749/http://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/?id=58129&boxid=3313932896&ch=bihar&map=map&currentTab=tabs-1&pagedate=03%2F03%2F2016&editioncode=384&pageno=1&view=image| archive-date=6 March 2016| date=3 March 2016| trans-title=12 new train will be flagged off at Digha–Sonepur bridge will begin on the bridge train Munger PM| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.punjabkesari.in/business/news/10700-crore-6-railway-projects-approved-443677| title=10700 करोड़ की 6 रेलवे परियोजनाएं मंजूर| language=hi| date=18 February 2016| website=Punjabkesari.in| trans-title=10700 crore 6 railway projects approved}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://epaper.telegraphindia.com/details/158541-1810319.html| title=Ganga bridge to bring Munger on rail map| website=The Telegraph}}</ref>

The [[Indian Railways]] has set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that is working to improve the major railway stations. In 1st phase RSDC has selected Begusarai and 04 other most important railway stations of ECR zone, including [[Muzaffarpur Junction|Muzaffarpur]], Patna, Gaya. They will build and develop Restaurants, shopping areas and food plaza/courts etc. for commercial business and improving passenger amenities on these "World Class" Railway Stations. For this RSDC has already started the process and in coming days people will get World class facilities here.

== Facilities ==

== Major trains ==
* [[Saharsa–Amritsar Garib Rath Express]]
* [[Seemanchal Express]]
* [[Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya AC Express]]
* [[North East Express]]
* [[Capital Express (India)|Capital Express]]
* [[Sikkim Mahananda Express]]
* [[Poorbiya Express]]
* [[Amrapali Express]]
* [[Kosi Express]]
* [[Saharsa–Amritsar Jan Sewa Express]]
* [[Lohit Express]]
* [[Amarnath Express]]
* [[Janhit Express]]
* [[New Tinsukia–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express]]
* [[New Jalpaiguri–Sitamarhi Weekly Express]]
* [[Bandra Terminus–Saharsa Humsafar Express]]
* [[Saharsa–Patna Rajya Rani Express]]

== Nearest stations ==

* [[Barauni Junction railway station|Barauni Junction]]
*[[Samastipur Junction railway station|Samastipur Junction]]
*[[Khagaria Junction railway station|Khagaria Junction]]
*Rusera Ghat
*[[Saharsa Junction railway station|Saharsa Junction]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Munger Division topics}}
{{Railway stations in Bihar}}
{{Railways in Bihar}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Begusarai district]]
[[Category:Sonpur railway division]]
[[Category:Begusarai]]

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