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New Farakka railway station

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Status
  
Functioning

Electrified
  
In Progress

Station code
  
NFK

Opened
  
1971

New Farakka railway station

Location
  
Farrakka Barrage Township, Murshidabad, West Bengal  India

Line(s)
  
Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop

Structure type
  
Standard (on ground station)

Address
  
New Farakka Station Rd, Farakka, West Bengal 742212

Similar
  
Malda Town railway st, Rampurhat railway station, New Cooch Behar Ju, New Alipurduar railway st, Azimganj Junction railway st

New Farakka (Bengali: নিউ ফারাক্কা) is a railway station on the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. New Farakka railway station lies south of the Farakka Barrage.

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Farakka Barrage

The 2,240 metres (7,350 ft) long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was thrown open to the public in 1971, thereby linking the towns of Murshidabad district to Malda, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.

Trains

  • Kamrup Express
  • Uttar Banga Express
  • Kanchan Kanya Express
  • Kolkata-Radhikapur-Kolkata Express
  • Hatey Bazare Express
  • Kolkata-Jogbani-Kolkata Express
  • Brahmaputra Mail
  • Dibrugarh-Chennai Egmore-Dibrugarh Weekly Express
  • Guwahati-Chennai Egmore-Guwahati Express
  • Guwahati-Mumbai LTT-Guwahati Express
  • Kamakhya-Ranchi express
  • Malda Town-Surat-Malda Town Express
  • Malda Town-Howrah Intercity Express (via Rampurhat)
  • Howrah-Malda Town-Howrah Intercity Express (via Azimganj)
  • Kolkata-Balurghat Tebhaga Express
  • Gour Express
  • Farakka Express
  • Patna-Malda Town Express
  • Jhajha-Dibrugarh weekly
  • Nabadwip dham-Malda Town Express
  • Malda Town-New Delhi Express
  • Sealdah-Guwahati Kanchajunga express
  • Digha-Malda Express
  • Puri-Kamakhya weekly
  • Secundrbad-Guwahati Express
  • Malda Town Shahibgaung passenger
  • Kamakhya-Gaya express Weekly
  • Teesta-Torsa Express
  • Balurghat-Howrah express
  • Malda Town-Jamalpur-Malda Town Intercity Express
  • Howrah-Malda Town-Howrah Fast Passenger (via Azimganj)
  • Saraighat Express
  • Howrah - New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi

    • References

    New Farakka railway station Wikipedia
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