Raiganj–Dalkhola_line

Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line

Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line

Railway line in India

The Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line links Barsoi railway station on the Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line to Radhikapur railway station on the Bangladesh–India border.

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History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889.[2] With the partition of India in 1947, the Katihar–Radhikapur section remained in India and the Biral–Parbatipur section was placed in Pakistan (later Bangladesh).

The railway line

When the broad-gauge railway line, instead of being placed at Dalkhola–Malda via Raiganj, was moved to Dalkhola–Barsoi–Malda this section, became only a branch line.[3] This branch line starts at Barsoi railway station and ends at Radhikapur railway station where the Indo-Bangladesh border lies. The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.[4] The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Biral in Dinajpur District.[5][6] The transit facility in the Radhikapur–Birol sector has remained suspended since 1 April 2005.But now it has been converted to broad gauge and large goods train are travelling with stone boulders from Nepal to Bangladesh through India from March 2017 and it was officially operationalised and announced open in April 2017.[7] The railway track on the Indian side has been converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge while that on the Bangladesh side has been made into Dual gauge.[8][9]

There are 13 railway stations in this branch line. 10 of them are in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal and the rest are in Katihar district of Bihar.[10]

Stations

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References

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    "IR History: Early days II: 1870–1899". IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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    "Jogbani – Katihar – Barsoi – Radhikapur and Katihar – Teznarayanpur section (234 K)" (PDF). Nfrlyconstruction.org. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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    Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
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    "Collision kills woman on Vellore trip". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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    "Govt weighs rail links with Nepal, Bhutan". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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    Tiral run flagged off by Modi and hasina, Economic Times, 6 April 2017
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    "Rail Link with Bangladesh". Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 7 September 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
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    "Archived copy" (PDF). pib.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    "13146/Radhikapur – Kolkata Express (PT) – Radhikapur/RDP to Kolkata/KOAA ER/Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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    "13146/Radhikapur – Kolkata Express (PT) – Radhikapur/RDP to Kolkata/KOAA ER/Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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    "75708 SGUJ - RDP DEMU Running Status, Route Time Table | SILIGURI JN RADHIKAPUR DMU". www.trainspnrstatus.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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    "Report on inspection prior to opening of Barsoi–Radhikapur section" (PDF). Indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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