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 | |
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| Indian Railways station | |
| Location | Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates | 26.8154°N 82.7692°E |
| 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 | |
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A1 class
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| Location | |
  Basti railway station Location within India  Basti railway station Basti railway station (Uttar Pradesh) | |
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 .
References
- "Basti Station – 105 Train Departures NER/North Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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