| Raxaul Junction | |
| Type: | Indian Railways station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Station Road, Raxaul, near Birgunj a border city of Nepal. East Champaran, Bihar |
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 26.9868°N 84.8447°W |
| Map Type: | India#Bihar |
| Line: | |
| Other: | Auto stand |
| Elevation: | 88m (289feet) |
| Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
| Platform: | 3 |
| Tracks: | 6 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | No |
| Opened: | 1927 |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | East Central Railway zone |
| Status: | Functioning |
Raxaul Junction railway station is a main railway station in East Champaran district, Bihar. Its code is RXL. It serves Raxaul city and also as gateway to Nepal as the most important station on the Indo-Nepal border. The station consists of five platforms.[1]
Raxaul–Amlekhganj line was constructed in 1927. It was Nepal's first railway line. Narrow-gauge line of 48 km was closed in 1965 as new line was constructed to Inland Container Depot at Sirsiya near Birgunj and was opened in 2005.[2]
The station is situated on the Delhi–Gorakhpur–Raxaul–Muzaffarpur–Kolkata lines.[3] [4] Earlier, all tracks were metre gauge but most have been converted to broad gauge. After the completion of the gauge conversion from Darbhanga to Raxaul via Sitamarhi, another broad-gauge route to Raxaul became available from March 2014.