Basti railway station

Basti railway station is a main railway station in Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. Its code is BST. It serves Basti city. The station consists of four platforms.[1]

Basti railway station
Indian Railways station
Location	Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates	26.8154°N 82.7692°E / 26.8154; 82.7692
Elevation	91 metres (299 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Broad Gauge
Platforms	4 and,1 proposed platform
Tracks	7
Connections	Auto stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Double electric line
Station code	BST
Zone(s)	North Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Lucknow NER
History
Opened	1846
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
Daily	1.5 lakh daily
Services
A1 class
Location
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It is an very important railway station of North Eastern Railway zone. The main line connecting Lucknow with Gorakhpur and places in Bihar and Assam in the east passes through the south of the district. It has various facilities like escalator, elevator, free wifi, ATVM, dorminator, food stall, parking, toilet, water supply 24 hours, train information display, waiting hall, etc. The station offer Class A-1 station facilities. It has a first electrified station and route of North Eastern Railway .This station is very main station between Gorakhpur-barabanki-Aishbag line. There is a daily Intercity express between Gorakhpur, Gonda and Lucknow. The station is well connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Pataliputra, Lucknow, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Varanasi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Jammu, Howrah, Jaipur.

Important trains are Gorakhdham Express, Vaishali Express, Raptisagar Express, Gorakhpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express, Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express (via Basti), Satyagrah Express, Garib Rath, Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Weekly Express, Antyodaya Express and many more. Manwar Sangam Express & GKP–BST–GKP Special train originates and terminates at Basti . A two-rail line is proposed from Basti to Kapilvastu and Basti to Ayodhya. Gorakhpur Junction railway station is 65 km from Basti railway station. The Basti district is served by 6 local railway stations other than Basti railway station, namely, Bhabnan, Tinich, Gaur, Govindnagar, Orwara, & Munderwa .