Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line

(Redirected from Raiganj–Dalkhola line) Railway line in India

Barsoi–Radhikapur Branch line

Overview

Status

Operational

Owner

Indian Railways

Locale

Termini

Stations

Service

System

Indian Railways

Operator(s)

Northeast Frontier Railway

History

Opened

1889; 135 years ago (1889) (as Metre-gauge railway)
2006; 18 years ago (2006) (upgraded to Broad-gauge railway)

Technical

Line length

53.44 km (33 mi)

Character

Single-track railway

Track gauge

5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge

Electrification

Yes

Route map

Legend

Barsoi–New Farakka section

Barsoi

Katihar–Siliguri line

Dhachna

Kachna

Bihar

West Bengal

border

Jhitkia

Katihar–Siliguri line

Dalkhola

Katihar–Siliguri line

Domohona

Karandighi

Tunidighi

Altapur

Bilashpur Hat

Nagri River

Kulik River

Raiganj–Dalkhola line

(planned)

Raiganj

to Itahar

(planned)

Bamangram

Bangalbaree

Kaliyaganj

India

Bangladesh

border

Biral

Parbatipur–Panchagarh line

Kanchan

Parbatipur–Panchagarh line

Source: India Rail Info

The Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line links Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line on Barsoi Junction railway station from Radhikapur railway station on the Bangladesh–India border.

History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889. With the partition of India in 1947, the Katihar–Radhikapur section remained in India and the Biral–Parbatipur section was placed in Pakistan (later Bangladesh).

The railway line

When the broad-gauge railway line, instead of being placed at Dalkhola–Malda via Raiganj, was moved to Dalkhola–Barsoi–Malda this section, became only a branch line. This branch line starts at Barsoi railway station and ends at Radhikapur railway station where the Indo-Bangladesh border lies. The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Biral in Dinajpur District. The transit facility in the Radhikapur–Birol sector has remained suspended since 1 April 2005.But now it has been converted to broad gauge and large goods train are travelling with stone boulders from Nepal to Bangladesh through India from March 2017 and it was officially operationalised and announced open in April 2017. The railway track on the Indian side has been converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge while that on the Bangladesh side has been made into Dual gauge.

There are 10 railway stations in this branch line. 7 of them are in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal and the rest are in Katihar district of Bihar.

Stations

Station code	Station name	Distance (km)
RDP	Radhikapur	0.0
DLX	Dalimgaon	6.2
KAJ	Kaliyaganj	12.1
BJY	Bangalbaree	21.9
BMGR	Bamangram	25.1
RGJ	Raiganj	32.2
JTK	Jhitkia	38.8
KAU	Kachna	42.8
DHNA	Dhachna	49.1
BOE	Barsoi Junction	53.4

References

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"IR History: Early days II: 1870–1899". IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
"Collision kills woman on Vellore trip". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
"Govt weighs rail links with Nepal, Bhutan". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
Tiral run flagged off by Modi and hasina, Economic Times, 6 April 2017
"Rail Link with Bangladesh". Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 7 September 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
"Archived copy" (PDF). pib.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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"13146/Radhikapur – Kolkata Express (PT) – Radhikapur/RDP to Kolkata/KOAA ER/Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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v t e Railway stations in West Bengal
Eastern Railway	Akra Andal Junction Asansol Junction Azimganj Junction Baghajatin Baharu Bahirpuya Halt Balarambati Ballygunge Junction Bandel Junction Bangaon Junction Banshlai Bridge Barachak Baranagar Road Barasat Junction Barddhaman Junction Barrackpore Baruipara Baruipur Junction Basuldanga Belur Betberia Ghola Bidyadharpur Bolpur Shantiniketan Brace Bridge Budge Budge Canning Champahati Chatra Dakshin Barasat Dakshin Durgapur Dankuni Junction Deula Dhakuria Dhamua Dhapdhapi Diamond Harbour Dum Dum Junction Durgapur Garia Gede Ghutiari Sharif Gocharan Gourdaha Halt Gurudas Nagar Hind Motor Hogla Hooghly Ghat Hooghly Hotar Howrah Jadavpur Janai Road Jaynagar Majilpur Kakdwip Kalikapur Kalyanpur Kamarkundu Karanjali Kashinagar Katwa Junction Khana Junction Kolkata Krishna Mohan Krishnanagar City Junction Kulpi Lake Gardens Lakshmikantapur Liluah Madhabnagar Madhabpur Magra Hat Majerhat Malda Town Mallikpur Mathurapur Road Matla Halt Mirzapur-Bankipur Murarai Naihati Junction Nalhati Junction Namkhana Nangi Narendrapur Netra New Alipore New Farakka Junction New Garia Nischintapur Nischintapur Market Park Circus Piali Rajgram Rampurhat Junction Ranaghat Junction Raniganj Sainthia Junction Sangrampur Santoshpur Sealdah Shasan Road Sheoraphuli Shrirampur Singhabad Sitarampur Siuri Sonarpur Junction Subhashgram Surjyapur Taldi Tarakeswar Tollygunge Udairampur Ukilerhat Uttar Radhanagar
South Eastern Railway	Abada Adra Junction Bankura Junction Bero Bishnupur Burnpur Damodar Digha Gourinathdham Haldia Jhalda Joychandi Pahar Madhukunda Muradi Purulia Junction Ramkanali Junction Santragachi Junction Shalimar Tikiapara Uluberia
North East Frontier Railway	Adhikari Alipurduar Junction Balurghat Bamanhat Buniadpur Buxa Road Changrabandha Cooch Behar Dalkhola Darjeeling Daulatpur Hat Dhupguri Gangarampur Ghum Ghoksadanga Haldibari Jalpaiguri Road Malancha Mallickpurhat Mohitnagar New Alipurduar New Cooch Behar Junction New Gitaldaha New Jalpaiguri Junction New Maynaguri Radhikapur Raiganj Rampur Bazar Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction Santragachi Junction Samuktala Road Junction Shalimar Siliguri Junction Siliguri Town Sivok
Suburban rail and urban transit	Kolkata Suburban Railway (Chord link Circular line Eastern line Sealdah South lines South Eastern line) Kolkata Metro

Uttar Dinajpur district topics

General

Subdivisions

Municipalities

Community development
blocks

Islampur subdivision	Chopra Goalpokhar I Goalpokhar II Islampur Karandighi
Raiganj subdivision	Hemtabad Itahar Kaliaganj Raiganj

Higher education

Raiganj University

Rivers

Mahananda

Transport

NH 31
NH 34

Railway stations

Lok Sabha constituencies

Raiganj

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

v t e Bangladesh–India land border checkpoints
International Border Crossing	Benapole Border Crossing
Checkpoints for crossing of human beings	Ghojadanga–Bhomra Petrapole–Benapole Gede–Darshana Lalgola–Godagiri Mahadipur–Sonamossjid Hili, India–Hili, Bangladesh Phulbari–Banglabandha Changrabandha–Burimari Dawki–Tamabil Agartala–Akhaura
Checkpoints for crossing of vehicles	Ghojadanga–Bhomra Petrapole–Benapole Mahadipur–Sonamosjid Hili, India–Hili, Bangladesh Radhikapur–Biral Phulbari–Banglabandha Changrabandha–Burimari Ghasuapara–Haluaghat Dawki–Tamabil Agartala–Akhaura Srimantanagar–Bibir Bazar
Rail transit points	Petrapole–Benapole Gede–Darshana Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Haldibari–Chilahati
See also	Bangladesh–India border Bangladesh–India relations Kotwali Gate Railways in the North-east and Eastern India or Railways in Bangladesh for defunct rail transit points