Radhikapur railway station

Radhikapur railway station is a station serving 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]

Radhikapur
Express train & Passenger train station
Location	State Highway 10A, Radikapur, Distt: Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal India
Coordinates	25.642778°N 88.446944°E
Elevation	37 metres (121 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	RDP
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1879
Previous names	Assam–Bengal State Railway
Location
Radhikapur Location in West Bengal Radhikapur Location in India

History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889.[4] 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.[5][6] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge from the early 1960s.[6] The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.[7]

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References

1. "India–Bangladesh Relations" (PDF). Page 5: Connectivity. Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
2. "PM Modi, Hasina inaugurate two rail, road connectivity projects, ANI 8 April 2017". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
3. "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.
4. "IR History:Early days II". 1870–1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
5. "IR History: Part IV (1947–1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
6. Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
7. 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.

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• Trains at Radhikapur

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