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Raiganj railway station serves Raiganj city in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Raiganj রায়গঞ্জ
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	State Highway 10A, Raiganj, West Bengal India
Coordinates	25.6187°N 88.1285°E / 25.6187; 88.1285
Elevation	37 metres (121 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	RGJ
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1889
Electrified	Under Construction
Previous names	Assam Behar State Railway
Location
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History

Katihar was connected to Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, in 1889, by Assam Behar State Railway.[1]

With the partition of India, links with East Pakistan were lost. The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector became a branch line. In the early 1960s, when Farakka Barrage was being constructed, a more radical change was made. Indian Railways created a new broad-gauge rail link from Calcutta.[2]

The 2,240 m (7,350 ft)-long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was opened in 1971 thereby linking the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop to Mala Town, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.[3]

List of available trains

Raiganj railway station is on the Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line. One express train Radhikapur Express & Kulik Express are available for reaching Kolkata and a link superfast express train Radhikapur–Anandvihar Express is now not available for going to New Delhi. Besides these couple of Katihar bound local passenger trains and a Siliguri-bound DMU passenger and Radhikapur - Telta DMU can also be availed. Present C.M of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee during her reign as a railways minister announced couple of railways projects for Raiganj which will definitely boost the communication.

• Raiganj–Dalkhola line (43.43 km)
• Raiganj–Itahar–Gazole line

[4] [5]

Future upgrades

Raiganj is pretty backward in terms of railway communication. The station is situated on Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line and only a handful of trains pass. But, the railway ministry has sanctioned couple of projects which will convert Raiganj railway station to a Railway Junction. The projects when completed will provide direct links to Malda Town railway station and also to Dalkhola railway station and thus will greatly boost the communication. The projects are in initial stages and only 30% of work has been completed. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Amenities

Raiganj railway station has the following amenities:

• Computerized reservation system
• Waiting room
• Retering room
• Book stall

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References

External links

• Trains at Raiganj railway station
• Raiganj travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Jhitkia towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Barsoi–Parbatipur branch line		Bamangram towards ?

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