Owned by Indian Railways Structure type Standard on ground Opened 1889 Platforms in use 2 | Tracks 3 Elevation 37 m Owner Indian Railways | |
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Location State Highway 10A, Raiganj, West Bengal
India Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway Line(s) Barsoi-Radikapur branch line Address East Netaji Pally, Raiganj, West Bengal 733134 Similar Radhikapur railway station, Barsoi Junction railway st, Dalkolha railway station, Singhabad railway station, Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary | ||
Raiganj railway station serves Raiganj city in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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History
Katihar was connected to Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, in 1889, by Assam Behar State Railway.
With the partition of India links with East Pakistan were lost. The Barsoi-Radhikapur sector became a branch line. In the early 1960s, when Farakka Barrage was being constructed, a more radical change was made. Indian Railways created a new broad-gauge rail link from Calcutta.
The 2,240 m (7,350 ft) long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was opened in 1971 thereby linking the Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop to Mala Town, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.
List of available trains
Raiganj railway station is on the Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line. One express train Radhikapur Express is available for reaching Kolkata and a link superfast express train Radhikapur-Anandvihar Express is available for going to New Delhi. Besides these couple of Katihar bound local passenger trains and a Siliguri bound DMU passenger can also be availed. Present C.M of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee during her reign as a railways minister announced couple of railways projects for Raiganj which will definitely boost the communication.
Future Upgradations
Raiganj is pretty backward in terms of railway communication. The station is situated on Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line and only a handful of trains pass. But, the railway ministry has sanctioned couple of projects which will convert Raiganj railway station to a Railway Junction. The projects when completed will provide direct links to Malda Town railway station and also to Dalkolha railway station and thus will greatly boost the communication. The projects are in initial stages and only 30% of work has been completed.
Amenities
Raiganj railway station has the following amenities: