Barsoi Junction railway station explained

Barsoi Junction
Type:junction station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:State Highway 65, Barsoi, Bihar
Country:India
Elevation:37m (121feet)
Line:
Structure:Standard on ground
Platform:2
Tracks:6
Parking:Available
Opened:1889
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:North East Frontier Railway (NFR)
Status:Active
Former:Assam Behar State Railway
Map Type:India#India Bihar
Map Dot Label:Barsoi Junction
Map Size:260

Barsoi Junction railway station serves Barsoi town and katihar city in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a major and very important railway station having stoppages of premium trains like Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express and New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express.

History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the -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 FakiragramKishanganj sector was connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi.[2] [3] The railway lines in the area started being converted to broad gauge from the early 1960s.[3]

Amenities

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

Trains

Following major trains are available from Barsoi Junction railway station:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IR History:Early days II. 1870–1899. IRFCA. 2013-01-19.
  2. Web site: IR History: Part IV (1947–1970). IRFCA. 2013-02-24 .
  3. Web site: India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri . Alastair Boobyer . IRFCA. 2011-12-10 .
  4. Web site: Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway . Indian Railways . 2013-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130301112640/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C2%2C279%2C863 . 1 March 2013 . dmy .