Jalpaiguri railway station

Railway station in Jalpaiguri, India

Jalpaiguri

Indian Railways station
General information
Location| Station Feeder Road, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, PIN 735 101
India
Coordinates| 26°31′08″N 88°43′25″E﻿ / ﻿26.5189°N 88.7237°E﻿ / 26.5189; 88.7237
Elevation| 84 metres (276 ft)
Owned by| Indian Railways
Operated by| Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)| Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line
Platforms| 3
Tracks| 4, 2 on Platform, 2 Loop lines.
Connections| 1\. Bus Depots :

(A) NBSTC Bus Stand (Depot) , Shanti Para , Jalpaiguri.

(B) Kadamtala Bus Terminus (Depot) , Jalpaiguri. Private Buses services are available here.

(C) Bowbazar Bus Stand , Jalpaiguri.

2\. Railway Stations :

(A) Jalpaiguri Road Station. (JPE) (B) Raninagar Jalpaiguri Jn. (RQJ) (C) Maynaguri Road. (MYGD)* (D) New Maynaguri. (NMX)*

* These stations are under the Jalpaiguri district.

Construction
Structure type| Standard on ground
Parking| Available for Cars , Bikes and E-rickshaw.
Other information
Status| Functioning
Station code| JPG
Zone(s) | NFR
Division(s) | Katihar
History
Opened| 1878
Electrified| Yes , 10th January, 2024.
Previous names| Bengal Assam Railway
Passengers
5K-10K

Location

Jalpaiguri railway station

Location in West Bengal

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Jalpaiguri railway station

Jalpaiguri railway station (West Bengal)

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Jalpaiguri railway station serves Jalpaiguri city in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This station is part of the re-development project under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.

Trains from JALPAIGURI RAILWAY STATION :

• 55749/50 New Jalpaiguri Haldibari Passenger.

• 55751/52 Haldibari New Jalpaiguri Passenger.

• 12344/43 Haldibari Sealdah Darjeeling Mail.

•75722/21 Haldibari Siliguri Junction DEMU Passenger.

• 12364/63 Haldibari Kolkata Triweekly Intercity Express.

## History

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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, 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 Jalpaiguri. 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]

See also: Darjeeling Mail

## Amenities

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Jalpaiguri railway station has the following amenities: computerized reservation center, waiting rooms, retiring rooms, book stall and food stall. Platforms are well connected to 2 Foot Over Bridges.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
2. ^ "New rail transit route thru India gets govt nod". Priyo Internet Life. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

## External links

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

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Jalpaiguri district topics

General|

* Baikunthapur Forest
* Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary
* Dooars
* Dooars-Terai tea gardens
* Gorumara National Park
* India–Bangladesh enclaves
* Jalpaiguri
* Jalpaiguri district
* Jalpaiguri division
* Jalpaiguri Palace
* Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority
* New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station
* North Bengal
* North Bengal Tea Industry
* Raikat
* Raninagar Industrial Growth Centre
* Terai
* Western Duars
* University of North Bengal
* 2013 Jalpaiguri bombing

Municipal corporations|

* New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)

Municipalities|

* Jalpaiguri
* Malbazar
* Mainaguri
* Dhupguri

Community development
blocks|

| Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision|

* Rajganj
* Jalpaiguri
* Maynaguri

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Dhupguri subdivision|

* Dhupguri
* Banarhat

Malbazar subdivision|

* Mal
* Kranti
* Matiali
* Nagrakata

Rivers|

* Dharla
* Jaldhaka
* Karala
* Teesta
* Torsha

Transport|

* NH 17
* NH 31A
* NH 317
* NH 27
* New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line
* New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
* Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line
* Katihar–Siliguri line

Railway stations|

* Ambari Falakata
* Belakoba
* Dhupguri
* Jalpaiguri
* Jalpaiguri Road
* Mohitnagar
* New Domohani
* New Jalpaiguri
* New Mainaguri
* Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction

Institutes of higher learning|

* Ananda Chandra College
* Institute of Pharmacy, Jalpaiguri
* Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College
* Jalpaiguri Government Medical College and Hospital
* North Bengal St. Xavier's College
* P.D. Women's College
* Sukanta Mahavidyalaya
* University of North Bengal

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Jalpaiguri

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Dabgram-Phulbari
* Dhupguri
* Jalpaiguri
* Mal
* Maynaguri
* Nagrakata
* Rajganj

Former
Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Kranti

See also|

* Cities, towns and locations in Jalpaiguri district
* People from Jalpaiguri district
* Villages in Jalpaiguri district

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* Ghum
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* Jalpaiguri
* Jalpaiguri Road
* Malancha
* Mallickpurhat
* Mohitnagar
* New Alipurduar
* New Cooch Behar Junction
* New Gitaldaha
* New Jalpaiguri Junction
* New Maynaguri
* Radhikapur
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* Rampur Bazar
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* Samuktala Road Junction
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Suburban rail
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* Kolkata Suburban Railway (Chord link
* Circular line
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* Kolkata Metro

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