Ballia railway station

Ballia Railway Station
Indian Railways station
Ballia railway station
Location	NH 31, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	25°45′33″N 84°08′55″E / 25.7591°N 84.1485°E / 25.7591; 84.1485
Elevation	65 metres (213 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Eastern Railway (Gorakhpur)
Line(s)	Varanasi–Chhapra line
Platforms	4 platforms
Tracks	10
Connections	Direct connection from Chhapra, Varanasi, Mau
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	YES
Bicycle facilities	YES
Other information
Status	Double Line-Electrified
Station code	BUI
Zone(s)	North Eastern Railway(Gorakhpur)
Division(s)	Varanasi
History
Opened	1892
Electrified	Yes( electrified in 2018)
Previous names	Ballia
Passengers
50,000 on Daily Basis
Services
Daily
Location
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Ballia Railway station is a railway station in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh with station code BUI. It serves Ballia city.^[1] The station consists of four platforms and new 26 coach Modern LHB Washing Pit is waiting for inauguration. ^[2] The station catering to about 80 trains including two Rajdhani Expresses. The station is well developed and include facilities like ac/non-ac waiting room/hall, two footover bridges, ticket counter, enquiry, three entrance gates, four platforms,food counters, Books stall, vehicle parking etc. Escalator and lifts are in construction and will be completed soon.

The station comes under A category railway station.

Ballia is a very important and busy railway station and in future with the completions of mau-Gazipur-Dildarngar line Ballia will be directly connected to Howrah-Amritsar mainline and will become more important and busy and will serve to more than 115 train.

A new line has been passed by railway between Ballia and Aara and With implementation of this line thousands of people will get benefits and will get good connectivity with Aara , Patna and other cities of Bihar and will also be connected to Howrah-Amritsar Mainline.

Bhrigu Superfast, Ballia Sealdah & Ballia Humsafar Express are few Express Trains which runs from Ballia.

The code for the station is BUI. The station serves as the connection point to various places like Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bhopal, Udhna, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Kanpur, Amritsar, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Ajmer, Gorakhpur, Chhapra, and Mau etc. It is on the border of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Trains running through Ballia[]

The station on a daily basis caters to 80 trains including 2 Rajdhani Express that pass by.^[3]

Few major trains that connect through Ballia for locations that are of religious or tourist speciality include: Bhrigu Superfast Express, Sealdah–Ballia Express, Sarnath Express, Sabarmati Express, Sadhbhawna Express, Ganga Kaveri Express, Garib Nawaz Express, Delhi Ballia Clone Special Express.^[4]

The connectivity of the trains joins Ballia from the rest of India be it in the west, north, south, or east. The notable attraction of the town is Dadri Mela which is the second largest cattle fair of India. The fair also attracts a lot of people from across cities to come and witness this fair.

Services[]

Some of the important trains that originate/terminate

• 22427/22428 Bhrigu Superfast Express
• 04055/04056 Ballia Delhi Clone Special Express
• Sealdah–Ballia Express
• Ballia–Varanasi City Passenger
• Ballia–Varanasi City DEMU
• Ballia– Shahganj Passenger

References[]

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