Bapudham Motihari railway station


Bapudham Motihari railway station is a major railway station in Motihari, East Champaran district of Bihar. Its code is BMKI. The station mainly consists of two platforms and is the main station, in the city of Motihari.

Connectivity

There are total 49 trains available, which connect to some major cities of India viz., Amritsar, Bihar, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Gujarat, Howrah, Jaipur, Jammu, Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh.

Historical background

It holds many historical references such as the start of the Champaran Satyagraha, in April 1917, on the request of Raj Kumar Shukla, for which Mahatma Gandhi went to Champaran and started the Satyagraha Movement against the cultivation of neel, in the Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the period of the British Raj. It was the first Satyagraha Movement, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. Another important Satyagraha just after this revolt was Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, which was also here for the first time, Mahatma Gandhi was first addressed as Bapu & Mahatma.
Due to these movements, the station name changed from Motihari railway station to Bapudham Motihari railway station, as a special tribute, for the contribution towards independence of India by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.

Ranking

As per Station Superintendent Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, it was ranked 264th in the year 2018. And was again ranked 23rd for the overall cleanliness, among the list of the top 100 stations, including the new stations of East-Central Railway, in October 2019. Rajesh Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway Hajipur, said that it has ranked 9th among the top 10 stations, which have improved rapidly in the whole country.
It has also been included in the list of top 25 railway stations in the India, released by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, for the ranking of clean and green stations in New Delhi, to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.