Barsoi Junction railway station

Barsoi Junction
Barsoi Junction
junction station
General information
Location	State Highway 65, Barsoi, Bihar; India
Coordinates	25°39′03″N 87°55′21″E / 25.6509°N 87.9226°E
Elevation	37 metres (121 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North East Frontier Railway (NFR)
Line(s)	Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line; Katihar–Siliguri line; Barauni–Guwahati line; Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line;
Platforms	2
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	BOE
Zone(s)	NFR
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1889
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Assam Behar State Railway
Services
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Location
	Barsoi Junction Location in Bihar Barsoi Junction Barsoi Junction (Bihar)

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 edit

Assam Behar State Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-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 Fakiragram–Kishanganj sector was connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi.^[2]^[3] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from the early 1960s.^[3]

Amenities edit

Barsoi railway station has a four-bedded retiring room^{[clarification needed]}.^[4]

Trains edit

Following major trains are available from Barsoi Junction railway station:

References edit

^ "IR History:Early days II". 1870–1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ "IR History: Part IV (1947–1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-26.

External links edit

Barsoi Junction railway station at the India Rail Info

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Mukuria towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Katihar–Siliguri line		Khempur towards ?
Terminus		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line		Dachna towards ?

[irii-1] "IR History:Early days II". 1870–1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

[2] "IR History: Part IV (1947–1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[njp-3] Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[4] "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-26.

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