Radhikapur railway station
Radhikapur | |||||
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Express train & Passenger train station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | State Highway 10A, Radikapur, Distt: Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal India | ||||
Coordinates | 25°38′34″N 88°26′49″E / 25.642778°N 88.446944°E | ||||
Elevation | 37 metres (121 ft) | ||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||
Line(s) | Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
Parking | Available | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Functioning | ||||
Station code | RDP | ||||
Division(s) | Katihar | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1879 | ||||
Previous names | Assam–Bengal State Railway | ||||
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Radhikapur railway station is a station serving 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]
History
Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889.[4] 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.[5][6] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge from the early 1960s.[6] The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.[7]
Gallery
References
- ^ "India–Bangladesh Relations" (PDF). Page 5: Connectivity. Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "PM Modi, Hasina inaugurate two rail, road connectivity projects, ANI 8 April 2017". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Notification No. 63/94-Cus. (N.T.) dtd 21/11/1994 with amendments – Land Customs Stations and Routes for import and export of goods by land or inland water ways". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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