Samuktala Road railway station

Samuktala Road
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location National Highway 31C, Distt: Alipurduar, West Bengal
India
Coordinates 26°29′02″N 89°38′08″E / 26.4838°N 89.6355°ECoordinates: 26°29′02″N 89°38′08″E / 26.4838°N 89.6355°E
Elevation 48 metres (157 ft)
Owned by Indian Railway
Operated by North East Frontier Railway
Line(s) New Jalpaiguri-New Bongaigaon section of
Barauni-Guwahati line
New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road line
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type At Ground
Parking Not required
Other information
Station code SMTA
Division(s) Alipurduar
History
Opened 1950
Location
Samuktala Road railway station
Location in West Bengal

Samuktala Road is a railway junction station in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

With the partition of India in 1947, railway links of Assam and the Indian part of North Bengal, earlier passing through the eastern part of Bengal, were completely cut off from the rest of India. The Assam Rail Link project was taken up on 26 January 1948 and the first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The project basically was a 142 miles long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge line linking Fakiragram with Kishanganj.[1] The route was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in 2003-2006.[2]

The broad gauge line from New Jalpaiguri to Samuktala Road was added in the 1960s.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "History of NFR". Northeast Frontier Railway. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
  2. ↑ Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  3. ↑ "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 2011-11-12.

External links

Preceding station   Indian Railway   Following station
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
New Jalpaiguri-New Bongaigaon section of Barauni-Guwahati line
Kamakhyaguri
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road line
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