Bihar Sharif Junction railway station, station code BEHS, is a railway station under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Bihar sharif is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the DelhiâÂÂKolkata main line via MughalsaraiâÂÂPatna route. Station is located in Bihar Sharif city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the BakhtiyarpurâÂÂTilaiya line, many trains from Patna and other cities via Bakhtiyarpur Junction, and trains coming from and Gaya Junction stops here. Bihar Sharif has well connected trains running frequently to New Delhi, , Varanasi Junction, and Howrah Junction and with nearby cities Gaya Junction, Rajgir railway station, Tilaiya railway station, Bhagalpur railway station, Kiul Junction through daily passenger and express train services.
Rail branch line between railway station and Sheikhpura railway station via Neora, Jatdumri, Daniyawan, Bihar Sharif, Shiekhpura is under construction in which Bihar SharifâÂÂDaniyawan section was partially started in 2015.
Bakhtiyarpur Bihar Light Railway was a -wide narrow-gauge railway laid by Martin's Light Railways from Bakhtiyarpur to Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to Rajgir in 1911. It was taken over by the local district board in 1950, nationalised in 1962 and converted to .
The broad-gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. This line will transport coal from the KodermaâÂÂHazaribagh coal belt for Barh Super Thermal Power Station via Harnaut station. The line was sanctioned in 2001âÂÂ2002 and is to be extended up to Koderma, which is under construction. Feasibility studies for the electrification of the ManpurâÂÂTilaiyaâÂÂKiul sector and FatuhaâÂÂIslampur and BakhtiyarpurâÂÂRajgir sectors were announced in the rail budget for 2010-2011. BakhtiyarpurâÂÂRajgir section has been electrified in 2016âÂÂ2017, while RajgirâÂÂTilaiyaâÂÂGaya section has been electrified along with KiulâÂÂGaya section in 2017âÂÂ2018. Bihar SharifâÂÂDaniyawan section is electrified in 2019 and inaugurated on 17 Feb 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Survey work for doubling of BakhtiyarpurâÂÂTilaiya line has been completed and awaiting for green signal from Railway Safety Commissioner. A new line between Bihar Sharif, Pawapuri road station and Nawada has been planned and currently Engineering cum Traffic Survey is underprocess. This line will connect Nawada to Patna directly by train via Bihar Sharif also Nawada to Rajgir via Pawapuri road station. A new line between Bihar Sharif and Jehanabad also has been planned and currently Engineering cum Traffic Survey is under process. This line will connect Bihar Sharif to Jehanabad directly by train via Ekangarsarai.
There are Five platforms in the Bihar Sharif Junction railway station And One Track/Machine Line Besides Platform 1. The platforms are interconnected with two foot overbridge and second foot overbridge is connecting platform number 1 to 5.
In February 2012, the Indian Railways had planned to set up a Railway Station Development Corporation (RSDC) that will work on improving the major railway stations including Bihar Sharif by building and developing restaurants, shopping areas and food plazas for commercial business and improving passenger amenities. As of 2018, it was still under construction.
The nearest airports to Bihar Sharif junction are: