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]
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Location | State Highway 10A, Radikapur, Distt: Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal India |
Coordinates | 25.642778°N 88.446944°E / 25.642778; 88.446944 |
Elevation | 37 metres (121 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway |
Line(s) | Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line |
Platforms | 2 |
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Structure type | Standard on ground |
Parking | Available |
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Status | Functioning |
Station code | RDP |
Division(s) | Katihar |
History | |
Opened | 1879; 143 years ago (1879) |
Previous names | Assam–Bengal State Railway |
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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 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from the early 1960s.[6] The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.[7]
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