Hajipur-Muzaffarpur-Samastipur-Barauni Section

Hajipur-Muzaffarpur-Samastipur-Barauni Section
Overview
Type Passenger and Freight Train Line
Status Operational
Locale Bihar
Termini Hajipur
Barauni
Stations 27
Services
Operation
Opened 1886
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) Indian Railway, East Central Railway
Depot(s) Hajipur and Garhara Yard station in Barauni junction
Rolling stock Diesel Locos: WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDS-5, WDP 4 and WDG 4
Technical
Line length 157.37 km (98 mi)
Track length 304 km
No. of tracks

1 (electrified Hajipur-Muzaffarpur)

2(electrified Muzaffarpur -Barauni)
Track gauge Broad Gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification

25kV 50Hz AC OHLE (between 2011- December 2014)

  • (started from 24 December 2014)[1]
Operating speed up to 100 km/ h
Highest elevation 57 metres

The Hajipur-Muzaffarpur-Samastipur-Barauni section is a railway line connecting Hajipur to Barauni Via Muzaffarpur ,Samastipur the Indian state of Bihar. The 157.37 km (98 mi) line passes through the plains of North Bihar and the Gangetic Plain in Bihar.

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