Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line

Muzaffarpur–Motihari-Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur line
Old picture of Motihari railway station lies on Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Bihar & Uttar Pradesh
Termini	Muzaffarpur Gorakhpur
Stations	53
Service
Type	Passenger and Freight Train Line
Services	Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (v) Narkatiaganj–Gorakhpur, Sugauli-Motihari lines
Operator(s)	Indian Railways, East Central Railway
Depot(s)	Narayanpur Anant station
Rolling stock	Diesel Locos: WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDP 4 and WDG 4
History
Opened	1930s
Technical
Line length	309.720 km (192 mi)
Track length	318 km
Number of tracks	1 (electrified) doubling of railway line foundation stone was laid by the P.M. on his trip to Motihari
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	Yes
Operating speed	up to 110 km/h
Highest elevation	100 metres near Valmikinagar

The Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line via Narkatiaganj and Motihari is a railway line connecting Muzaffarpur in the Indian state of Bihar to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. The 309.720 km (192 mi) line passes through the plains of North Bihar and the Gangetic Plain of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Speed limit

The "Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line via Motihari" route is not an A-Class line of Indian Railways. So maximum speed is restricted to 110 km/h as there is a single BG electrified line between Muzaffarpur Junction and Gorakhpur Junction.^{[citation needed]}

Stations

There are 50 stations between Muzaffarpur Junction and Gorakhpur Junction.

Future

The foundation stone of doubling of railway line and electrification was laid by the hon'ble Prime Minister Modi on his trip to Motihari on the centenary celebration of the Champaran Satyagrah in 2018. Modi flags off train, kick-starts track doubling, dedicates loco unit to nation in Bihar. The doubling work survey for Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line was sanctioned in the Railway Budget of 2012–13.^[1]

The East Central Railway zone also applied for the electrification of the following sections to the Ministry of Railways (India) for the Rail Budget 2015–16.^[2][3]

• Darbhanga–Samastipur 81 km (50 mi)
• Samastipur–Raxaul 231 km (144 mi)
• Valmikinagar–Muzaffarpur 286 km (178 mi)
• Mansi (Khagaria)–Katihar 172 km (107 mi)

Sidings and workshops

• Kanti Thermal Power Station, Muzaffarpur^[4]
• Bharat Wagon Engineering Limited, Muzaffarpur
• Major Freight Terminal at Narayanpur Anant
• IOC Indian oil Petroleum Siding
• Bharat Petroleum Siding, Narayanpur Anant
• FCI Siding at Narayanpur Anant

See also

• Barauni–Samastipur–Muzaffarpur–Hajipur line
• Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi)
• Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines
• Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section
• Barauni–Samastipur section
• Muzaffarpur Junction
• Samastipur Junction
• East Central Railway zone

References

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Modi flags off train, kick-starts track doubling, dedicates loco unit to nation in Bihar

This page was last edited on 9 November 2023, at 04:39