Owned by Indian Railways Tracks 4 Elevation 192 m Platforms in use 2 | Operated by East Central Railway Connections Auto stand Owner Indian Railways | |
Location West Champaran district, Bihar
India Line(s) Narkatiaganj-Bikhnathori line Address Bhikhna Thori 845455, Nepal Similar Mithila Deep railway st, Laukaha Bazar railway st, Khudiram Bose Pusa railway st, Ram Dayalu Nagar rail, Pahlejaghat Junction railway st | ||
Bhikhna Thori railway station is a small railway station in West Champaran district, Bihar. Its code is BKF. It serves Bhikhna Thori village. The station consists of 2 platforms.
The station is the last station from the Indian side before the Indo-Nepal border. It is connected with the Raxaul-Amlekhganj line which was constructed in 1927. It was Nepal's first railway line. The narrow gauge line of 48 km was closed in 1965 as a new line was constructed to Inland Container Depot at Sirsiya near Birgunj and was opened in 2005. Previously, all tracks were metre gauge but most have been converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge under the Project Unigauge.
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