The main line connecting Lucknow with Gorakhpur and places in Bihar and Assam in the east passes through the south of the district.

It has various facilities like escalator, elevator, free wifi, automatic ticket vending machines, food stall, parking, toilet, water supply 24 hours, train information display board, waiting hall, etc.

The station is well connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Pataliputra, Lucknow, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Varanasi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Jammu, Howrah, Jaipur.

Manwar Sangam Express & GKP–BST–GKP Special train originates and terminates at Basti .

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