| Ballia Railway Station | |||||
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| Indian Railways station | |||||
 Ballia railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Ballia, Ballia district, Uttar Pardesh 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–ballia-Chhapra main line,chhapra-jaunpur line (via aunrihar junction ),Ballia-aara line | ||||
| Platforms | 4 platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 12 | ||||
| Connections | Bus Stand, Auto Stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Accessible |  Available | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | BUI | ||||
| Zone(s) | North Eastern Railway(Gorakhpur) | ||||
| Division(s) | Varanasi | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1892 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes(electrified in 2018) | ||||
| Previous names | Ballia | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 70000-80000 on Daily Basis | |||||
| Services | |||||
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Ballia Railway station is a railway station in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh with station code BUI. It serves Ballia city. The station consists of four platforms and new 26 coach Modern lhb washing pit. The station catering to about 92 trains including two Rajdhani Expresses. The station is well developed and include facilities like a waiting room, two bridges, a ticket counter, enquiry, three entrance gates, escalator, four platforms, food counters, a bookstall, vehicle parking, lifts, etc.
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, Kamayani Express & 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, Aligarh, 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.
Few major trains that connect through Ballia for locations that are of religious or tourist speciality include: Bhrigu Superfast Express, Sealdah Ballia Express, Kamayani Express, Sarnath Express, Sabarmati Express, Sadhbhawna Express, Ganga Kaveri Express, Kishanganj–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Kamakhya Weekly Express, Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express, Anand Vihar Terminal Clone Special.
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
- Kamayani Express
- Ballia–Varanasi City Passenger
- Ballia New Delhi SF express
References
- "Ballia RailFan - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- "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.
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