Kishanganj railway station serves Kishanganj city in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is one of the important railway station, as it lies on the important railway lines, they are Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line, Katihar–Siliguri line, and Barauni–Guwahati line. The famous Gaisal train disaster occurred at Gaisal railway station near Kishanganj.

কিষাণগঞ্জ Kishanganj
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	NH 27, Kishanganj- 855107, Bihar India
Coordinates	26.09802°N 87.95017°E / 26.09802; 87.95017
Elevation	53.00 metres (173.88 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North East Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Katihar–Siliguri line Barauni–Guwahati line
Platforms	2 and one under construction
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground (Double line electrification construction)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	KNE
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1915
Previous names	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Location
Kishanganj Location of Kishanganj railway station in Bihar

History

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway extended its 2 ft (610 mm)-wide narrow-gauge line from Siliguri to Kishanganj in 1915.[1] In 1948–50, the Kishanganj branch of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was taken over for the purpose of completing the Assam Rail Link project, converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge and connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi.[1][2] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from the early 1960s.[1]

Amenities

Kishanganj railway station has the following amenities: computerized railway reservation system, waiting room, free google wifi, retiring room vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment room, bookstall and Government Railway Police (G.R.P) office.[3]

Platforms

Kishanganj has two platforms and one under construction, one for Up and other for Down trains. A small platform is used for goods unloaded from freight trains. All the platforms are well connected with two foot overbridge (FOB).

Trains

Originating Train

1. Kishanganj - Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express

Halting Trains

1. New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
2. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)[4]
3. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)[5]
4. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)[6]
5. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Agartala Humsafar Express[7]
6. New Jalpaiguri - Howrah AC Superfast Express
7. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
8. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
9. Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
10. New Jalpaiguri - MGR Chennai Central Superfast Express
11. New Jalpaiguri - Sealdah Superfast Darjeeling Mail
12. New Jalpaiguri–New Delhi Superfast Express
13. New Jalpaiguri–Amritsar Karmabhoomi Express
14. New Jalpaiguri - Udaipur City SF Express
15. New Jalpaiguri - Digha Paharia Express
16. New Jalpaiguri - Sealdah Padatik Superfast Express
17. New Jalpaiguri - Ranchi Weekly Express
18. New Jalpaiguri -Rajendra Nagar Capital Express[8]
19. New Jalpaiguri -Malda Town Express
20. New Jalpaiguri - Sitamarhi Express
21. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express[9]
22. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[10]
23. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[11]
24. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
25. Dibrugarh– Chennai Tambaram Express[12]
26. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[13]
27. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[14]
28. Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
29. Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[15]
30. Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North[16]
31. Dibrugarh - Jhajha Express[17]
32. Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express[18]
33. Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
34. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
35. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[19]
36. New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Weekly Express
37. New Tinsukia–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
38. New Tinsukia - Darbhanga Jivachh Link Express[20]
39. Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express[21]
40. Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express[22]
41. Guwahati - Bikaner Express[23][24]
42. Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
43. Guwahati - Barmer Express
44. Guwahati–Secunderabad Express
45. Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express[25]
46. Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express[26]
47. Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
48. Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
49. Guwahati–Rajendra Nagar Capital Express
50. Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express.[27]
51. Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express[28]
52. Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
53. Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail[29]
54. Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express[30]
55. Kamakhya - Ranchi Express[31]
56. Kamakhya - Puri Express via Howrah[32]
57. Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
58. Kamakhya–Gaya Express
59. Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express[33]
60. Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
61. Kamakhya - Pune Express
62. Alipurduar - Delhi Mahananda Express[34]
63. Alipurduar - Sealdah Kanchan Kanya Express[35]
64. Alipurduar - Secunderabad Express[36]
65. New Alipurdiar - Sealdah Teesta Torsha Express[37]
66. Bamanhat - Sealdah Uttar Banga Express[38]
67. Kolkata - Haldibari Tri-Weekly Express
68. Kamakhya-Patna Capital Express[39]
69. Siliguri Junction-Balurghat Express[40]
70. Siliguri Junction-Katihar Express[41]

References

External links

• Trains at Kishanganj railway station

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Panjipara towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Katihar–Siliguri line		Tauheed towards ?