Nalanda railway station  Nalanda railway station, station code NLD, is a railway station and under Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Nalanda is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi-Kolkata Main Line via Mugalsarai-Patna route. Station is located in Nalanda city in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. Due to its location on the Bakhtiyarpur-tilaiya main line many Patna and other cities via express trains coming from Rajgir and Gaya Junction stops here. As Nalanda a historical and Buddhist & Jainism pilgrims center. City well connected by rail and road network. It's (85 km southeast from Patna and (80 km) northeast of Gaya, India, (20 km) from Pawapuri and 105 km from Vaishali (ancient city) . The Buddhist Circuit Train which is popularly known as Mahaparinirvan Express is a tourist train, which was launched by IRCTC on March 28 2007, to attract Buddhist pilgrims. Connects Rajgir, Nalanda, Patliputra, Varanasi, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Vaishali (ancient city), Kushinagar etc. Connects Rajgir, Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow and New Delhi. Also a Buddhist special train runs between Rajgir to Varanasi vai Patna and Gaya, India. runs between Rajgir and Danapur via Harnaut, Patna City. Nearest Airport to station are :