Begusarai railway station (code BGS) is a railway station in the Sonpur division of East Central Railway. Begusarai is better known as the Industrial Capital of Bihar, the birthplace of noted poet Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and karmabhoomi of the Great freedom fighter, first chief minister and architect of modern Bihar Dr. Shrikrishna Sinha alias Sri Babu. Begusarai is an industrial and commercial hub, a district headquarter town and a municipal corporation. The township of IOCL Barauni Refinery is situated in Begusarai municipal corporation area.