Junction is situated on Barauni–Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and East Central Railway zone that connects Purnia to , , and . There are daily and weekly trains to , , , , , Motihari, , , , , and other nearby cities. Road National Highways namely , , , make Purnia accessible to the people from nearby cities & states while state highways connect the other neighbouring cities and villages to the main city area. The newly constructed directly connects Purnia to some important towns and cities of North Bihar namely Darbhanga & Muzaffarpur. It takes nearly 5 hours to reach Muzaffarpur through this Expressway. This expressway which also traverses through the newly built Kosi Mahasetu bridge ends at Muzaffarpur to continue further for Patna. It has turned out to be an alternate route for Patna & has helped in decongesting the ever busy and traffic-prone NH31. traverse the main city and terminate Gulab bagh at in the east and Patna to the west via Mokama, Khagaria & Begusarai. The east–west corridor connecting Silchar, Assam to Gujarat passes through Purnia in the form of . It is a modern four-lane highway constructed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). State Highways 60, 62, 65, 77 & 90 also pass through Purnia. and are four-lane expressways and are a strength to the intercity transportation services. Notable Events Phanishwar Nath Renu's popular story "Maare Gaye Gulfam" which was adapted into a film Teesri Kasam (The Third Vow), by Basu Bhattacharya (produced by the poet-lyricist Shailendra) in 1966 was shot in Purnia, in which old Purnea is pictured, especially 'the Gulabbag Mela'. Purnia held the record for making and displaying the world's longest tricolour flag, with the length measured at 7,100 metres (7.1 km) before it was broken on 12 August 2019 by Raipur, Chattisgadh. Notable people Raja Bahadur Kirtyanand Sinha (1880-1938), patron and known for charitable works Syed Abdus Samad (footballer) (1895-1964), footballer Satinath Bhaduri (1906–1965), novelist and politician Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (1921–1977), novelist Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (1899–1979), playwright and poet Bhola Paswan Shastri, three-time Chief Minister of Bihar Alo Roy, noted Bengali poet, story writer and cultural organiser. Sushant Singh Rajput, actor Gurmeet Choudhary, actor Ajit Sarkar, politician Sweta Singh, News Editor Manish Vatsalya, Film Director See also Chunapur References Further reading Chakrabarti D.K. (1996b). From Purnea to Champaran: The distribution of sites in