Alipurduar Junction railway station
Alipurduar Junction | |||||||
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Northeast Frontier Railway | |||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||||
| Tracks | 12 | ||||||
| Connections | Auto-rickshaw & E-rickshaw | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | Standard on Ground | ||||||
| Parking |  Available | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities |  Available | ||||||
| Accessible |  Yes | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | APDJ | ||||||
| Zone(s) | North East Frontier Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Alipurduar | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1901 | ||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||
| Previous names | |||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
30,000 per day ( high) | |||||||
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Alipurduar Junction is one of the four railway stations that serve Alipurduar city in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its station code is APDJ and it lies in New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line and Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line. An adjacent railway junction is New Alipurduar (station code NOQ).
History
The
With the
Now all the railway tracks in Alipurduar city are broad gauge.[citation needed]
Other adjacent stations
Two adjacent local railway stations are Alipurduar (station code APD) and Alipurduar Court (station code APDC). Long-distance trains do not stop there.[citation needed]
Most of the long-distance trains from other parts of India pass through and stop at New Alipurduar railway junction (station code NOQ) constructed in the early 1950s as it is connected with double track to Assam and the rest of Bengal. The older Alipurduar station was on metre-gauge track that was converted to broad gauge much later in 2006 and fewer trains pass through Alipurduar station.[citation needed]
The two junctions are on different lines and only one short-distance train Alipurduar–Kamakhya InterCity Express (train number 15471) runs between the two junctions.[citation needed]
Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to
References
- ^ "History of NFR". Northeast Frontier Railway. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ a b 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.
External links
- Alipurduar Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
Alipurduar travel guide from Wikivoyage
