Radhikapur railway station

Railway Station in West Bengal, India

25°38′34″N 88°26′49″E / 25.642778°N 88.446944°E / 25.642778; 88.446944Elevation37 metres (121 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byNortheast Frontier RailwayLine(s)Barsoi–Radhikapur branch linePlatforms2ConstructionStructure typeStandard on groundParkingAvailableOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeRDP Division(s) KatiharHistoryOpened1879; 145 years ago (1879)ElectrifiedYesPrevious namesAssam–Bengal State RailwayLocation

Radhikapur Railway Station

Location in West Bengal

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Radhikapur Railway Station

Location in India

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Radhikapur railway station serves 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] Both Indian and Bangladesh governments have been trying to increase connectivity through Radhikapur.^[4]

History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from the early 1960s.^[7] The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.^[8] Recorded trade volume in FY 2018-19 was INR 21 crores.^[9]

Amenities

Radhikapur railway station has the following amenities:

Computerized reservation system
Waiting room
Retiring room

Platforms

There are a total of 2 platforms and 3 tracks. The platforms are connected by foot overbridge.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1	FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right
	Track 1
	Track 2
	Track 3
	FOB, Side platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right

Track layout

Radhikapur track layout

Legend







			1 2
					to Barsoi Junction

Station with three tracks and two side platforms

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.
^ "List of Outcomes: Visit of Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India". Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Land Customs Station Evaluation Report" (PDF). Retrieved 24 January 2023.

External links

Trains at Radhikapur

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Dalimgaon towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line		Terminus

Railway stations in West Bengal

Eastern Railway

South Eastern
Railway

North East Frontier
Railway

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–Mughalsarai 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–Jatdumari–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 Mughalsarai 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 Gitaldaha–Mogalhat