D R M Building, Samastipur Sri Arun Malik Divisional Railway Manager Samastipur Division came in existence on 1969. Serves 14 densely populated districts . Division borders with Nepal on north side- Raxaul, Jainagar and Loukaha. Kosi, Baghmati, Gandak, Budhi Gandak etc rivers flow over geographical limits. Soil in the region is silty clay with low bearing capacity. D R M ( Arun Malik) A D R M ( B. S. Dohare) C M S Sr. D P O ( Sheelendra Mohan) ( Arun Kumar Yadav ) Sr. D M E Sr. D F M ( R. D. Mourya) ( Rohit Parmar ) Sr. D S T E Sr. D E N/Cord ( K. C. Sharma ) ( Mahboob Alam ) Sr. D O M Sr. D E E ( Dilip KUmar ) ( Dinesh Prasad Sah ) Sr. D C M D M M/Adm. ( M. A. I. Humaun ) ( N. K. Chakrawarty ) Sr. D S O D S C ( Anil Kumar ) ( R. S. Prasad ) Important Contact No. of Principal Officials. Principal Officials Railway Phone BSNL Land Line CUG Arun Malik 32000 06274-222217 9771428000 Divisional Railway Manager B. S. Dohare 32002 06274-222014 9771428001 Adl. Divisional Railway Manager Dr. Sheelendra Mohan 32800 06274-222138 9771428500 Chief Medical Superintendent Arun Kumar Yadav 32100 06274-222516 9771428600 Sr. Divl. Personnel Officer Rohit Parmar 32020 06274-222811 9771428100 Sr. Divl. Finance Manager R. D. Mourya 32600 06274-222840 9771428400 Sr. Divl. Mech. Engineer Mahboob Alam 32400 06274-226348 9771428200 Sr. Divl. Engineer(Cord.) Dilip Kumar 32500 06274-222611 9771428900 Sr. Divl. Operations Manager M. A. I. Humaun 32200 06274-222523 9771428950 Sr. Divl. Commercial Manager K. C. Sharma 32700 06274-222333 9771428800 Sr. Divl. S & T Engineer Dinesh Prasad Sah 32300 06274-222670 9771428300 Sr. Divl. Electrical Engineer Anil Kumar 32502 06274-222149 9771428904 Sr. Divisional Safety Officer R. S. Prasad 32140 06274-222524 9771428700 Divisional Security Commandant GENERAL INFORMATION INTRODUCTION Samastipur Division, one of the five divisions of EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY, came into existence in the year 1969, is situated on the bank of Burhi Gandak river. Samastipur town is also a district headquarter, comprising of many sections of old Oudh Tirhut Railway apart from being a centre of rich cultural heritage of Mithila region. Samastipur division serves 15 densely populated Districts of North Bihar with a multi-gauge network comprising of both Broad-gauge and Metre-gauge. On the north side, the Division borders with Nepal. Raxaul, Jaynagar and Laukaha Bazar are important rail-heads for Nepal-bound traffic. PLACES OF TOURIST IMPORTANCE Samastipur division covers a number of tourist places of historical importance. Some of these are :  Sitamarhi : Situated on Darbhanga - Narkatiaganj section is famous for being the birth – place of Goddess Sita.  Janakpur Dham : It was the Capital of the kingdom of Raja Janak. "Sita Swayambar" was held here . It is situated in Nepal and is connected by rail from Jaynagar and by road from Sitamarhi and Janakpur Road stations .  Madhubani : It is a cultural center of Mithilanchal and is famous for its rich cultural heritage and Madhubani paintings. The famous "Shastrartha" with Mandan Mishra and “Adi Guru” Shankaracharya was held in a place nearby.  Darbhanga : It is Commissionary town having two universities viz. Sanskrit University and Lalit Narain Mithila University. Several palaces of ancient king and temples are of tourist interest are available here.  Valmikinagar : There is "Valmiki Ashram" near Valmiki Nagar station in the name of Maharshi Valmiki. It is believed that “Lava” and “Kush” the mighty sons of Lord Ram were born and brought up in the above Ashram.  Champaran : It is now divided in two districts viz. East Champaran and West Champaran with district headquarters at Motihari and Bettiah respectively."Ashoka Stambha" of King Ashok era is worth seeing at Louria near Narkatiaganj and Areraj near Motihari. Mahatma Gandhi had launched the Non-co-operation movement in India for the first time from here. During this period he stayed at Bhitiharva Ashram which is now served with a Halt station near Narkatiaganj in Narkatiaganj - Bhikhnathoree Meter Gauge section. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIVISION GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY Date of Beginning : 1969 Situated : On Bank of Budhi Gandak Region : Mithilanchal Districts Served : 15 Nos. Sequence wise Governing Railway :  Tirhut State Railway (TSR)  Bengal Nagpur Western Railway (BNWR)  Oudh Tirhut Railway (OTR)  North Eastern Railway (NER)  East Central Railway (ECR) Major Rivers :  Koshi  Bagmati  Budhi Gandak  Kamla Balan  Adhwara Group  Lakhandeyee  Sikrana Nepal Border Heads :  Raxaul  Jaynagar  Laukha Bazar  Forbesganj  Bargania  Raghopur Tourist Place :  Sitamarhi – Birth place of Goddess Sita.  Jankapur road – Sita Swayambar  Madhubani – Madhubani painting  Darbhanga – University, King’s place and Postal Training Institute  Valmiki Nagar – Valmiki Ashram and Tiger century.  Champaran – Ashoka Stambh at Lauria  BithiharwaAshram- Non-co-operation movement in India launched by father of nation, M.K.Gandhi. BACKGROUND Samastipur 5 Shivhar, NO. OF PASSENGER CARRYING TRAINS RUNNING IN THE DIVISION (As per WTT No.-11) Frequency No. of trains BG Express Daily 30 Weekly 34 Bi-weekly 16 Tri-weekly 16 4-days in a week 02 6-days in a week 08 Passenger Daily 64 3-days 02 4-days 02 MG Express Nil Nil Passenger Daily 48 Total (BG + MG) 222 IMPORTANT STATISTICS Sl. No. Items BG MG Total 1 No. of stations 72 38 110 2 No. of Halt stations 37 30 67 3 No. of Flag stations 08 10 18 Total 117 78 195 4 Interchange Points: SPJ, MFP, PNYA, KGG, MNE, PRNC (MG), FBG (MG). 5 Engg. Siding – NKE, SKI, SHC, SPJ, RXL. 6 Goods Shed – RXL, BMKI, LSI, BTH, CAA, SHC, KJI, NKE, DBG, JYG, KTI, SBM, HIR, SMI, DMH, HPO, SLNA. Important Coaching Terminal (BG) No. of No. of Originating Terminal No. of No. of Terminating Trains Running Platform Trains Line Line Exp. Pass. Exp. Pass. DBG 04 04 15 12 15 12 SPJ 14 07 - 16 - 16 SHC 04 02 10 05 10 05 RXL 03 02 05 05 05 05 NKE 04 02 02 05 02 05 JYG 05 03 08 05 08 05 No. of Trains- Section wise (BG) No. of M/Exp. Section No. of Pass. Trains Total Trains Trains SPJ-DBG 8 pairs 24 pairs 32 pairs MFP-SGL 7 pairs 15 pairs 22 pairs SGL-NKE 5 pairs 12 pairs 17 pairs 7 NKE-VKNR 6 pairs 10 pairs 16 pairs SGL-RXL 5 pairs 5 pairs 10 pairs SHC-MNE 5 pairs 10 pairs 15 pairs SPJ-KGG 5 pairs 6 pairs 11 pairs DBG-SKI 8 pairs 8 pairs 16 pairs SKI-JYG 5 pairs 8 pairs 13 pairs SKI-BRL 3 pairs - 3 pairs DBG-SMI 5 pairs 2 pairs 7 pairs SHC-DMH 3 pairs - 3 pairs SMI-CAO 3 pairs - 3 pairs SMI-RUSD 2 pairs - 2 pairs 7 Maintenance of Rakes Depot-wise (Per Day) Primary Secondary Maintenance Maintenance Depot Express Passenger Express Passenger BG SPJ - 4 - - DBG 7 1 5 - JYG 1 - - - RXL 4 1 - - SHC 2 - - - MG SHC - 1 - - NKE - 2 - - JJP - 1 - - BNKI - 1 - - Coaching Stock Profile (Rake Profile) 8 BG MG 8 Base DBG RXL SPJ JYG SHC NKE JJP SHC BNKI No. of 15 07 17 01 02 02 05 03 02 Rakes No. of 02 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 W/Pit Section wise Line Capacity Utilization Section With Block Without Block VKNR-NKE 182.35 163.16 NKE-SGL 182.35 155.00 SGL-MFP 215.79 178.26 SGL-RXL 143.75 127.78 SPJ-DBG 257.90 204.16 DBG-SKI 115.00 104.55 SKI-JYG 117.65 105.26 SKI-BRL 21.86 19.44 SPJ-KGG 119.05 108.70 MNE-SHC 125.0 104.17 DBG-BGU 40.63 36.11 SMI-RUSD 25.00 20.00 RXL-NKE 69.23 60.00 SKI-NMA 36.37 32.35 LKQ-JJP 42.90 34.61 NKE-BKF 30.00 25.00 SHC-RGV 60.00 50.00 BNKI-BHGJ 75.00 60.00 SHC-DMH 100.00 80.00 BNKI-PRNC 36.36 33.33 TRACK/ROUTE KILOMETRES : Particulars BG MG Total Route Kilometers 681.58 1090.43 408.85 Track Kilometers 769.580 1358.651 589.071 NUMBER OF BRIDGES : Type BG MG Total Important Bridges 12 02 14 Major Bridges 100 150 250 Minor Bridges 517 535 1052 629 687 1316 Total LEVEL CROSSINGS : Class Gauge C Spl. A B C (Manned) D Total (Unmanned) BG 13 16 42 208 236 0 515 MG 2 5 16 71 295 9 398 Total 15 21 58 279 531 9 913 TRACK STRUCTURE : Rail Sleeper Section Wooden/ 52 Kg 90R 75R 60R Total PSC CST-9 ST Total Mix BG 681.58 0 0 0 681.58 681.58 0 0 0 681.58 MG 0 72.8 84.64 251.41 408.85 0 309.64 19.1 80.11 408.85 Total 681.58 72.8 84.64 251.41 1090.43 681.58 309.64 19.1 80.11 1090.43