Sainthia Junction railway station

Location
	Sainthia Junction Location in West Bengal Sainthia Junction Location in India

Sainthia Junction

সাঁইথিয়া জংশন
Sainthia Junction; সাঁইথিয়া জংশন
Indian Railways junction station
	Sainthia Junction Platform No. 5
General information
Location	Station Road, Sainthia, Birbhum district, West Bengal; India
Coordinates	23°56′58″N 87°40′52″E / 23.94944°N 87.68111°E
Elevation	58 metres (190 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Sahibganj loop; Andal–Sainthia branch line
Platforms	5
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	Standard
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SNT
Zone(s)	Eastern Railways
Division(s)	Howrah
History
Opened	1 September 1859; 165 years ago
Electrified	2016; 8 years ago
Location
Location
	Sainthia Junction Location in West Bengal Sainthia Junction Location in India

Sainthia Junction railway station is one of the oldest stations in India serves Sainthia city of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a "NSG-5" category railway station. The railway station is under the administrative control of Howrah division of Eastern Railway. Sainthia Junction comes under the jurisdiction of Sainthia GRP Police Station.^[2] There is a total of 55 train arrivals and departures per day happening at this railway station. Sainthia Junction the 3rd busiest railway station in Birbhum district.^[3]^[4] This railway station is the busiest "NSG-5" category railway station in Howrah division and 6th busiest in all of NSG category railway stations in Howrah division.^[5] It also serves as the originating station of 4 important trains. In this station the famous Sainthia train collision took place between Uttar Banga Express and Vananchal Express^[6]

Trains

Some of the Major Trains available from this railway station are as follows:

History

Construction of the Khana–Rajmahal section of Sahibganj loop was completed in October 1859. Construction of the Sainthia railway station was done as part of building the entire line and that was the start of the Sainthia railway station that year. The first passenger train journey from this station started on 1 September 1859.^[7] On 4 July 1860, train service started from Howrah to Rajmahal via Khana.^[8]^[9]

The Andal–Sainthia branch line was built in 1913.^[10]

Amenities

Amenities at Sainthia railway station include sheds, first-class and second-class waiting rooms, escalators, two over bridges, digital clock, CCTV camera, toilet and book stall.^[11]

Goods facilities

There were full rake goods sheds at the Sainthia railway station until 2018. Currently, it is used as a railway siding to load/unload material in the rakes.^[12]

References

^ "48 COVID-19 Special Departures from Sainthia ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry".
^ "West Bengal Police".
^ "48 COVID-19 Special Departures from Sainthia ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry".
^ "48 COVID-19 Special Arrivals at Sainthia ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry".
^ https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1602240588359-.4%20Category_wise%20Stations%20ZZZ.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "48 COVID-19 Special Departures from Sainthia ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry".
^ "সমস্যার সাঁইথিয়া জংশন স্টেশন".
^ George Huddleston (1906). History of the East Indian Railway. p. 28. OCLC 12170712.
^ Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways (2nd rev. ed.). New Delhi: National Book Trust. p. 19. OCLC 221458584.
^ Saxena, R. P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
^ "Sainthia to Siliguri trains". Make my trip. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
^ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/traffic_tran/downloads/ER.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Bataspur towards Khana		Eastern Railway zone Sahibganj loop		Gadadharpur towards Kiul Junction
Mahishadahari towards Andal Junction		Eastern Railway zone Andal–Sainthia branch line		Terminus