Radhikapur railway station

Radhikapur railway station is a station serving Radhikapur in the Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India. It is an active rail transit system on the Bangladesh-India border.[1][2] It is an India-Bangladesh land border checkpoint and has a land customs station for movement of goods.[3]

Radhikapur
Express train & Passenger train Station
LocationState Highway 10A, Radikapur, Distt: Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal
India
Coordinates25.642778°N 88.446944°E / 25.642778; 88.446944
Elevation37 metres (121 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railway
Line(s)Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Statusactive
Station codeRDP
Division(s) Katihar
History
Opened1879 (1879)
Previous namesAssam-Bengal State Railway
Location
Radhikapur
Location in West Bengal
Radhikapur
Location in India

History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889.[4] 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.[5][6] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge from the early 1960s.[6] The Barsoi-Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.[7]

References
  1. "India-Bangladesh Relations" (PDF). Page 5: Connectivity. Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. "PM Modi, Hasina inaugurate two rail, road connectivity projects, ANI 8 April 2017". Yahoo News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. "Notification No. 63/94-Cus. (N.T.) dtd 21/11/1994 with amendments - Land Customs Stations and Routes for import and export of goods by land or inland water ways". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. "IR History:Early days II". 1870-1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. "IR History: Part IV (1947-1970)". irfca. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  7. 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.
Preceding station   Indian Railway   Following station
Dalimgaon
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line
Terminus


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