East Central Railway was inaugurated on 8 September 1996 with headquarters at Hajipur, Bihar.

[5][7] [4] Hajipur is well connected with various major cities of Bihar like Patna, Sonpur, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Chhapra and Siwan.

Hajipur Junction railway station is directly connected to most of the major cities in India.

A new second bridge on river Gandak has been opened (5.5 km) between Sonpur Junction and Hajipur for double line traffic for this section.

Several electrified local Passenger trains also run from Hajipur Junction to neighbouring destinations on frequent intervals.