New Farakka Junction railway station
New Farakka Junction | |
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Indian Railway Station Junction station | |
| Location |
Farrakka Barrage Township, Murshidabad, West Bengal |
| Coordinates | 24°47′42″N 87°54′56″E / 24.7949°N 87.9156°ECoordinates: 24°47′42″N 87°54′56″E / 24.7949°N 87.9156°E |
| Elevation | 30 metre |
| Line(s) | Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | NFK |
| Zone(s) | Eastern Railway |
| Division(s) | Malda |
| History | |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Electrified | In Progress |
| Location | |
  Location of New Farakka railway station in West Bengal | |
New Farakka Junction is a railway station on the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. New Farakka Junction railway station lies south of the Farakka Barrage.
Farakka Barrage
The 2,240 metres (7,350 ft) long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was thrown open to the public in 1971, thereby linking the towns of Murshidabad district to Malda, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.[1][2]
Trains
Number of Halting Trains: 87
- 12041/12042 New Jalpaiguri Howrah Shatabdi Express
- 15959/15960 Kamrup Express
- 13147/13148 Uttar Banga Express
- 13149/13150 Kanchan Kanya Express
- 13145/13146 Kolkata - Radhikapur Expresss
- 13163/13164 Hate Bazare Express
- 13159/13160 Kolkata - Jogbani Express
- 14055/14056 Brahmaputra Mail
- 15929/15930 Dibrugarh - Tambram Express
- 15629/15630 Guwahati - Chennai Egmore Express
- 15647/15648 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Guwahati Express (via Malda Town)
- 15661/15662 Ranchi - Kamakhya Express
- 13425/13426 Surat-Malda Town Express
- 13011/13012 Howrah Malda Town Intercity Express (Via Rampurhat)
- 13465/13466 Malda Town - Howrah Intercity Express (via Azimganj)
- 13161/13162 Tebhaga Express
- 13153/13154 Gour Express
- 13413/13414 Farakka Express (Via Sultanpur)
- 13483/13484 Farakka Express (Via Faizabad)
- 13415/13416 Malda Town - Patna Express
- 15941/15942 Jhajha - Dibrugarh Weekly Express
- 13421/13422 Nabadwip Dham - Malda Town Express
- 14003/14004 Malda Town - New Delhi Express
- 15657/15658 Sealdah - Guwahati Kanchenjunga Express
- 25657/25658 Sealdah -Silchar Kanchenjunga Express
- 15659/15660 Sealdah - Agartala Kanchenjunga Express
- 13417/13418 Digha - Malda Town Express
- 15639/15640 Puri - Guwahati Weekly Express
- 15643/15644 Puri - Kamakhya Weekly Express
- 53401/53402 Malda Town - Sahibganj Passenger
- 15619/15620 Kamakhya - Gaya Weekly Express
- 13141/13142 Teesta Torsha Express
- 13063/13064 Howrah - Balurghat Bi-Weekly Express
- 13409/13410 Malda Town - Jamalpur Intercity Express
- 13033/13034 Katihar - Howrah Express
- 12345/12346 Saraighat Express
- 12509/12510 Guwahati - Bengaluru Express
- 12515/12516 Guwahati - Tiruvanathapuram Weekly Express
- 12513/12514 Guwahati - Secunderabad Weekly Express
- 53027/53028 Malda Town - Azimganj Passenger
- 53417/53418 Malda Town - Barddhaman Passenger
- 03427/03428 Malda Town - Haridwar Special Fare Special Express
References
- ↑ Salman, Salman M. A.; Uprety, Kishor (2002). Conflict and cooperation on South Asia's international rivers: a legal perspective. World Bank Publications. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-0-8213-5352-3. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ↑ R.P.Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
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