Nalanda railway station

Nalanda railway station
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	NH 120, Nalanda, Bihar India
Coordinates	25°12′16″N 85°32′23″E
Elevation	63 metres (207 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway zone
Line(s)	Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Gaya
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Connections	Bihar Sharif Rajgir
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NLD
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Danapur division
History
Opened	1911
Electrified	Yes(2017)
Location Nalanda railway station Location in Bihar

Nalanda railway station, station code NLD, is a railway station and under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Nalanda is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi–Kolkata main line via Mugalsarai–Patna route. Station is located in Nalanda city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya main line many Patna and other cities via Express trains coming from Rajgir and Gaya Junction stop here.

History

Nalanda city is having incredible history from very long past because Nalanda university was one of the oldest university of the world and was very important center of world for higher education. Many student from across the world used to come here to get quility education. Surjarpur(sun temple) and kundalpur(Birth place of Lord mahavira) are the place in city which is important pilgrim centre of hindus and jain respectively. Now Nagarjuna university in the city is centre of higher education. Good schools and colleges are available in city.

Location

The Ruins of Nalanda mahavihara

As Nalanda a historical and Buddhist & Jainism pilgrims center. City well connected by rail and road network. It's 85 km southeast from Patna and (80 km) northeast of Gaya, India, (20 km) from Pawapuri and 105 km from Vaishali (ancient city) .

Important trains

• Mahaparinirvan Express The Buddhist Circuit Train which is popularly known as Mahaparinirvan Express is a tourist train, which was launched by IRCTC on March 28, 2007, to attract Buddhist pilgrims. Connects Rajgir, Nalanda, Patliputra, Varanasi, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Vaishali (ancient city), Kushinagar etc.
• Shramjeevi Express connects Rajgir, Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow and New Delhi.
• Budhpurnima Express Also a Buddhist special train runs between Rajgir to Varanasi vai Patna and Gaya, India.
• Rajgriha Intercity Express runs between Rajgir and Danapur via Harnaut, Patna City.
• Howrah–Rajgir Janta Express connects Rajgir to Howrah via Asansol Jhajha Bakhtiyarpur.
• Howrah–Rajgir Fast Passenger to Howrah Junction from Rajgir railway station via Bakhtiyarpur Junction, Kiul railway station, Bhagalpur railway station, Barddhaman.

Nearest airport

Nearest airports are:

• Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna
• Gaya Airport

See also

• Nalanda