Barsoi Junction railway station

Barsoi
Indian RailwayJunction Station
Location State Highway 65, Barsoi, Bihar
India
Coordinates 25°39′03″N 87°55′21″E / 25.6509°N 87.9226°E / 25.6509; 87.9226Coordinates: 25°39′03″N 87°55′21″E / 25.6509°N 87.9226°E / 25.6509; 87.9226
Elevation 37 metres (121 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by North East Frontier Railway (NFR)
Line(s) Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line
Katihar-Siliguri line
Barauni-Guwahati line
Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line
Platforms 3
Connections Kaliyaganj via Bangladesh border Radhikapur
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Available
Other information
Station code BOE
Division(s) Katihar
History
Opened 1889
Previous names Assam Behar State Railway
Location
Barsoi railway station
Location in Bihar

Barsoi railway station serves Barsoi city in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889. The connection was truncated with the partition of India in 1947, and the line now runs up to Radhikapur, near the Bangladesh border.[1]

In 1948-50, as a part of the Assam Rail Link project, the Fakiragram-Kishanganj sector was connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi.[2][3] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge from the early 1960s.[3]

Amenities

Barsoi railway station has a four-bedded retiring room.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "IR History:Early days II". 1870-1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  2. ↑ "IR History: Part IV (1947-1970)". irfca. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  3. 1 2 Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  4. ↑ "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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Makuria
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Khempur
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