Katihar railway division

Railway division of India

Katihar Railway Division

From top, left to right:
Katihar DRM Office, Katihar Junction, New Jalpaiguri RS(under KIR division), Darjeeling Himalayan Railway(under KIR division),NG steam loco shed, Purnia Junction(Under KIR division)

Overview
Headquarters| Katihar, Bihar, India
Locale| West Bengal, Bihar
Dates of operation| 15 January 1958; 67 years ago (1958-01-15)–
Technical
Track gauge| Broad Gauge
Narrow Gauge
Previous gauge| Metre Gauge
Electrification| On construction
Other
Website| North East Frontier Railway website

Katihar railway division is one of the five railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[1] This railway division was formed on 15 January 1958 and its headquarter is located at Katihar in the state of Bihar.

Alipurduar railway division, Lumding railway division, Tinsukia railway division and Rangiya railway division are the other four railway divisions under the NFR Zone headquartered at Maligaon, Guwahati.[2] [3]

## List of railway stations

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The list includes the stations under the Katihar railway division and their station category.[4][5]

Category of station  | No. of stations  | Names of stations

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A-1 Category  | 2  |

* New Jalpaiguri
* Katihar Junction

A Category  | 4  |

* Purnia Junction
* Jalpaiguri Road
* Kishanganj
* Siliguri Junction

B Category  | 7  |

* Samsi
* Harishchandrapur
* Dalkhola
* Labha
* Barsoi
* Old Malda Junction
* Jogbani
* Sudhani

C Category
(Suburban station)  | \-  | \-
D Category  | \-  | \-
E Category  | \-  | \-
F Category
Halt Station  |  |
Total | - | \-

Stations closed for Passengers -

## State Wise Route KMs

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As of 31-03-2018  State  | BG  | MG  | NG  | Total KMs

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Electrified  | Non-Electrified  | Sub-Total
Bihar | 31.03 | 296.23 | 327.26 | 0.34 | - | 327.60
West Bengal | 66.72 | 367.74 | 434.46 | - | 87.48 | 521.94
Total | 97.75 | 663.97 | 761.72 | 0.34 | 87.48 | 849.54

## See also

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* Indian Railways
* Rail transport in India
* Katihar Junction railway station
* Zones and divisions of Indian Railways

## References

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1. ^ "Railway Zones and Divisions in The Country". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Railways (Government of India). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
2. ^ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
3. ^ "Katihar Railway Division". Railway Board. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
4. ^ "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
5. ^ "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

## External links

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* SYSTEM MAP OF KATIHAR DIVISION Archived 20 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine

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