Radhikapur Railway Station | |
Type: | Express train & passenger train station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | State Highway 10A, Radikapur, Distt: Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 37m (121feet) |
Line: | Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line |
Structure: | Standard on ground |
Platform: | 2 |
Parking: | Available |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Northeast Frontier Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Former: | Assam–Bengal State Railway |
Map Type: | India West Bengal#India |
Radhikapur railway station serves 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] Both Indian and Bangladesh governments have been trying to increase connectivity through Radhikapur.[4]
Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889.[5] 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.[6] [7] The railway lines in the area started being converted to broad gauge from the early 1960s.[7] The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.[8] Recorded trade volume in FY 2018-19 was INR 21 crores.[9]
Radhikapur railway station has the following amenities:
There are a total of 2 platforms and 3 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge.
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
P1 | FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right | |
Track 1 | ||
Track 2 | ||
Track 3 | ||
FOB, Side platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right | ||