Barsoi Junction railway station

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Barsoi Junction railway station serves Barsoi town and katihar city in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a major and very important railway station having stoppages of premium trains like Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express and New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express.

Barsoi Junction
junction station
General information
LocationState Highway 65, Barsoi, Bihar
India
Coordinates25°39′03″N 87°55′21″E / 25.6509°N 87.9226°E / 25.6509; 87.9226
Elevation37 metres (121 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNorth East Frontier Railway (NFR)
Line(s)
Platforms2
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusActive
Station codeBOE
Zone(s) NFR
Division(s) Katihar
History
Opened1889
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesAssam Behar State Railway
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Katihar
towards ?
Barauni–Guwahati line Dalkhola
towards ?
Katihar–Siliguri line
Towards Radhikapur Delhi/UP
Raiganj
towards ?
Malda Town
towards ?
Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
Towards Howrah Jharkhand
Dalkhola
towards ?
Location
Barsoi Junction is located in India
Barsoi Junction
Barsoi Junction
Location in Bihar
Barsoi Junction is located in Bihar
Barsoi Junction
Barsoi Junction
Barsoi Junction (Bihar)

History

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Assam Behar State Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)-wide metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889. The connection was truncated with the partition of India in 1947, and the line now runs up to Radhikapur, near the Bangladesh border.[1]

In 1948–50, as a part of the Assam Rail Link project, the FakiragramKishanganj sector was connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi.[2][3] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from the early 1960s.[3]

Amenities

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Barsoi railway station has a four-bedded retiring room[clarification needed].[4]

Trains

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Following major trains are available from Barsoi Junction railway station:

References

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  1. ^ "IR History:Early days II". 1870–1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. ^ "IR History: Part IV (1947–1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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Preceding station   Indian Railways Following station
Mukuria
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Khempur
towards ?
Terminus Northeast Frontier Railway zone Dachna
towards ?