Barsoi Junction railway station

Barsoi Junction railway station serves Barsoi city in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Barsoi Junction
Indian Railways junction station
LocationState Highway 65, Barsoi, Bihar
India
Coordinates25.6509°N 87.9226°E / 25.6509; 87.9226
Elevation37 metres (121 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNorth East Frontier Railway (NFR)
Line(s)
Platforms3
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeBOE
Zone(s) NFR
Division(s) Katihar
History
Opened1889
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesAssam Behar State Railway
Services
Preceding station   Northeast Frontier Railway zone   Following station
Barauni–Guwahati line
Katihar–Siliguri line
Towards Radhikapur
Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
Towards Howrah
Location
Barsoi Junction
Location in Bihar
Barsoi Junction
Barsoi Junction (Bihar)

History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in)-wide metre-gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889. The connection was truncated with the partition of India in 1947, and the line now runs up to Radhikapur, near the Bangladesh border.[1]

In 1948–50, as a part of the Assam Rail Link project, the FakiragramKishanganj sector was connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi.[2][3] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad gauge from the early 1960s.[3]

Amenities

Barsoi railway station has a four-bedded retiring room.[4]

References

  1. "IR History:Early days II". 1870–1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. "IR History: Part IV (1947–1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  4. "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Khempur
TerminusNortheast Frontier Railway zone
Dachna
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