Duraundha Junction railway station

Duraundha Junction^[11] embodies a microcosm of India's railway heritage. Earlier when its name was Daronda, then it was in the Bengal & North Western Railway Loop line which was started in 1882 as Bengal and North Western Railway by the East Indian Railways. Then when the fight for independence was going on, it was changed to Oudh and Tirhut Railway on 1 January 1943. After independence, zone jurisdiction was imposed and now it is in the North zone of Indian Railways from 14 April 1952.^[5]

The North Eastern Railway runs local trains in between Chhapra to Siwan via Duraundha and Maharajganj.^[12][13][14]

It belongs to the Varanasi railway division of the North Eastern Railway Zone of Siwan district in Bihar.^[15] The station code is DDA.^[16]

The major facilities are mechanised cleaning, available are waiting rooms, computerised reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, electrified double track^[17] and ATVM (Automatic Ticket Vending Machines).^[18][19]

These are the line in which Duraundha Junction comes.^[20]

• Barauni–Gorakhpur line
• Siwan-Gorakhpur Line
• Siwan-Chhapra-Patliputra Line
• Siwan-Thawe-Kaptanganj Line
• Duraundha–Maharajganj line^[21]

The names of some trains that stop here are as follows.^{[22][23][24][25]}