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Radhikapur railway station

Radhikapur
রাধিকাপুর
Express train & Passenger train Station
Location State Highway 10A, Radikapur, Distt: Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal
India
Coordinates 25°38′34″N 88°26′49″E / 25.642778°N 88.446944°E / 25.642778; 88.446944Coordinates: 25°38′34″N 88°26′49″E / 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
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Available
Other information
Status active
Station code RDP
Division(s) Katihar
History
Opened 1879; 138 years ago (1879)
Previous names Assam-Behar State Railway
Location
Radhikapur railway station is located in West Bengal
Radhikapur railway station
Radhikapur railway station
Location in West Bengal

Source:Google maps, Indian Railway – East Zone Time Table


Radhikapur is a railway station in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a defunct rail transit system on the India-Bangladesh border and is an India-Bangladesh land border checkpoint.

Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889. 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. The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge from the early 1960s. The Barsoi-Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.

It is a defunct rail transit point on the India-Bangladesh border. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Biral in Dinajpur District. The transit facility in the Radhikapur-Birol sector has remained suspended since 1 April 2005. The railway track on the Indian side has been converted to broad gauge (as per Project Unigauge) while that on the Bangladesh side continues to remain metre gauge.


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