Samuktala Road Junction railway station

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

Samuktala Road Junction
Indian Railways junction station
LocationNational Highway 31C, Distt: Alipurduar, West Bengal, PIN-736208
India
Coordinates26.4838°N 89.6355°E / 26.4838; 89.6355
Elevation48 metres (157 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNorth East Frontier Railway
Line(s)New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of
Barauni–Guwahati line
New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeAt ground
ParkingNot required
Bicycle facilitiesNot available
Other information
Station codeSMTA
Division(s) Alipurduar
History
Opened1950
Location
Samuktala Road Junction
Location in West Bengal
Samuktala Road Junction
Location in India

History

With the partition of India in 1947, railway links of Assam and the Indian part of North Bengal, earlier passing through the eastern part of Bengal, were completely 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 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in 2003–2006.[2]

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

References
  1. "History of NFR". Northeast Frontier Railway. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. Boobyer, Alastair. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Kamakhyaguri
Northeast Frontier Railway zoneTerminus


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