Owned by Indian Railways Connections Auto stand Phone 06255 221 226 Platforms in use 3 | Line(s) Raxaul-Amlekhganj line Elevation 88 m Owner Indian Railways Tracks 4 | |
Location Station Road, Raxaul, East Champaran, Bihar
India Operated by East Central Railway zone Structure type Standard (on ground station) Address Station Rd, Raxaul, Bihar 845305 Similar Darbhanga Junction railway st, Muzaffarpur Junction railway st, Samastipur Junction railway st, Barauni Junction railway st, Bapudham Motihari railway st | ||
Raxaul Junction railway station is a main railway station in East Champaran district, Bihar. Its code is RXL. It serves Raxaul city. The station consists of 2 platforms.
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History
Raxaul-Amlekhganj line was constructed in 1927. It was Nepal first railway line. Narrow Gauge line of 48 km was closed in 1965 as new line was constructed to Inland Container Depot at Sirsiya near Birgunj and was opened in 2005.
Lines and location
The station is situated on the Delhi –Gorakhpur-Raxaul-Muzaffarpur-Kolkata lines. Earlier, all tracks were metre gauge but most have been converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge under Project Unigauge. After the completion of the gauge conversion from Darbhanga to Raxaul via Sitamarhi, another broad gauge route to Raxaul became available from March 2014. The metre gauge track from Raxaul to Narkatiaganj remains to be converted.