Ballia railway station
Ballia railway station is a railway station in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh with station code BUI. It serves Ballia city. The station consists of three platforms and one new platform is under construction. A new 26 coach Modern LHB Washing Pit is under construction and will open along with doubling of Ballia–Phephna section in February 2021 [1] The station catering to about 80 trains including two Rajdhani Expresses.
Ballia Railway Station | |
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| Indian Railways station | |
 Ballia railway station | |
| Location | NH 31, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh India |
| Coordinates | 25.7591°N 84.1485°E |
| Elevation | 65 metres (213 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | North Eastern Railway (Gorakhpur) |
| Line(s) | Chappra Varanasi main line, Chappra Mau main line |
| Platforms | 3(Platform 4 under construction) |
| Tracks | 10 |
| Connections | Direct connection from Chhapra, Varanasi, Mau |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) |
| Parking | YES |
| Bicycle facilities | YES |
| Other information | |
| Status | Electrified construction – doubling |
| 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 | |
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| Location | |
  Ballia Railway Station Location within India  Ballia Railway Station Ballia Railway Station (Uttar Pradesh) | |
This station comes under A category station.
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.[2]
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.[3]
The connectivity of the trains joins Ballia from rest of India be it in 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/terminates
- 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
- "BUI/Ballia". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- "Ballia railway station". cleartrip.com. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- "Arrival And Departure at Ballia railway station". etrain.info. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
