Alipurduar railway division is one of the five railway divisions under Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 15 January 1958 and its headquarter is located at Alipurduar in the state of West Bengal.
Katihar railway division, Lumding railway division, Tinsukia railway division and Rangiya railway division are the other four railway divisions under the NFR Zone headquartered at Maligaon, Guwahati.[1] [2]
See also: Rangpo railway station. The construction of a new 44.4km (27.6miles) long Sevoke-Rangpo Railway Line from Sivok railway station in Sevoke on the New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line in West Bengal to Rangpo railway station in Rangpo, Sikkim commenced in 2010.[3] [4] The railway line up to Rangpo is expected to be completed in 2021.[5] In the second phase the line will be extended up to Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.[6]
| BG | data-sort-type="numeric" rowspan="2" style="background-color: #dfd;" | Total KMs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="numeric" | Electrified | data-sort-type="numeric" | Non-Electrified | data-sort-type="numeric" style="background-color: #ddf;" | Sub-Total |
| align=left | Assam | - | 163.47 | 163.47 | 163.47 |
| align=left | West Bengal | - | 560.22 | 560.22 | 560.22 |
| align=left | Total | - | 723.69 | 723.69 | 723.69 |