Nalanda railway station, station code NLD, is a railway station and under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Nalanda is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the DelhiâÂÂKolkata main line via MugalsaraiâÂÂPatna route. Station is located in Nalanda city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the BakhtiyarpurâÂÂTilaiya main line many Patna and other cities via Express trains coming from and stop here. It has two platforms. However, the station was news in December 2024 for allegedly lacking basic facilities.
Nalanda city is having incredible history from very long past because Nalanda university was one of the oldest university of the world and was very important center of world for higher education. Many student from across the world used to come here to get quality education. Surjarpur(sun temple) and kundalpur(Birth place of Lord mahavira) are the place in city which is important pilgrim centre of hindus and jain respectively. Now Nagarjuna university in the city is centre of higher education. Good schools and colleges are available in city.
As Nalanda a historical and Buddhist & Jainism pilgrims center. City well connected by rail and road network. It's 85 km southeast from Patna and (80 km) northeast of Gaya, India, (20 km) from Pawapuri and 105 km from Vaishali (ancient city) .
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