Jalpaiguri railway station

Major Trains at Jalpaiguri Railway Station :

Halting Trains- 10

Haldibari-Siliguri Junction DMU Passenger

Haldibari-Kolkata Triweekly Intercity Express

Haldibari-Sealdah SF Darjeeling Mail

Haldibari-New Jalpaiguri Passenger Special

New Jalpaiguri-Haldibari Passenger Special

Pass through Trains - 2

New Jalpaiguri-Dhaka Mitali Express

Dhaka-New Jalpaiguri Mitali Express

26°31′08″N 88°43′25″E / 26.5189°N 88.7237°E / 26.5189; 88.7237Elevation84 metres (276 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byNortheast Frontier RailwayLine(s)Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri linePlatforms3Tracks4, 2 on Platform, 2 Loop lines, however line 4(goods) is not connected to others at the RQJ endConstructionStructure typeStandard on groundParkingAvailableOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeJPG Zone(s) NFR Division(s) KatiharHistoryOpened1878ElectrifiedYesPrevious namesBengal Assam Railway

Location
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Jalpaiguri railway station serves Jalpaiguri city in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

During the British period all connections from southern parts of Bengal to North Bengal were through the eastern part of Bengal. From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, was in two laps. The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River, then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey. A 336 km metre-gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri via Jalpaiguri.^[1]

The 1.8 km-long Hardinge Bridge across the Padma came up in 1912. In 1926 the metre-gauge section north of the bridge was converted to broad gauge, and so the entire Calcutta–Siliguri route became broad gauge.^[1] The route thus ran: Sealdah–Ranaghat–Bheramara–Hardinge Bridge–Iswardi–Santahar–Hili–Parabtipur–Nilphamari–Haldibari-Jalpaiguri-Siliguri.

With the partition of India, this track got trisected. The through route was formally closed after the India–Pakistan War in 1965.^[2]

The Siliguri–Haldibari, part of the original broad gauge Calcutta–Siliguri track via Hardinge Bridge, got delinked from the trunk route in 1947. As all the other tracks in the area were metre gauge, it was converted from broad gauge to metre gauge in the late forties. When New Jalpaiguri railway station came up, the line was extended to New Jalpiguri. When broad-gauge lines were laid in the area, it was reconverted to broad gauge and now functions as the Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri Line.^[1]

Amenities

Jalpaiguri railway station has the following amenities: computerized reservation center, waiting rooms, retiring rooms, book stall and food stall.

References

External links

• Departures from Jalpaiguri railway station
• Jalpaiguri travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Kadobari towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line		Mohitnagar Jalpaiguri towards ?