Samuktala Road Junction railway station

26°29′02″N 89°38′08″E / 26.4838°N 89.6355°E / 26.4838; 89.6355Elevation48 metres (157 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byNorth East Frontier RailwayLine(s)New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of
Barauni–Guwahati line
New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road linePlatforms2ConstructionStructure typeAt groundParkingNot requiredBicycle facilitiesNot availableOther informationStation codeSMTA Division(s) AlipurduarHistoryOpened1950Location

Samuktala Road Junction is a railway junction station in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

With the partition of India in 1947, railway links of Assam and the Indian part of North Bengal, previously passing through eastern Bengal, were cut off from the rest of India. The Assam Rail Link project was taken up on 26 January 1948 and the first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The project was a 142-mile-long (229 km) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge line linking Fakiragram with Kishanganj.^[1] The route was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2003–2006.^[2]

The broad-gauge line from New Jalpaiguri to Samuktala Road was added in the 1960s.^[3]

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• Trains at Samuktala Road

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
New Alipurduar towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line		Kamakhyaguri towards ?
Alipurduar Junction towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line		Terminus