Jalpaiguri railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Jalpaiguri, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Jalpaiguri
| type = Indian Railways station
| style = Platforms on each end of tracks
| image = Jalpaiguri railway station 02.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = Station Feeder Road, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, PIN 735 101
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.5189|88.7237|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| elevation = {{convert|84|m|ft}}
| line = Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line
| other = 1. Bus Depots :
(A) NBSTC Bus Stand (Depot) , Shanti Para , Jalpaiguri.
(B) Kadamtala Bus Terminus (Depot) , Jalpaiguri. Private Buses services are available here.
(C) Bowbazar Bus Stand , Jalpaiguri.
2. Railway Stations :
(A) Jalpaiguri Road Station. (JPE)
(B) Raninagar Jalpaiguri Jn. (RQJ)
(C) Maynaguri Road. (MYGD)*
(D) New Maynaguri. (NMX)*
- These stations are under the Jalpaiguri district.
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 3
| tracks = 4, 2 on Platform, 2 Loop lines.
| parking = Available for Cars , Bikes and E-rickshaw.
| opened = 1878
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes , 10th January, 2024.
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = JPG
| zone = NFR
| division = {{rwd|Katihar}}
}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = Northeast Frontier Railway
| status = Functioning
| former = Bengal Assam Railway
| passengers = 5K-10K
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India#India West Bengal
| map_dot_label = Jalpaiguri railway station
| map_size = 260
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
}}
Jalpaiguri railway station serves Jalpaiguri city in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This station is part of the re-development project under *Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.*
Trains from JALPAIGURI RAILWAY STATION are :
55749/50 New Jalpaiguri Haldibari Passenger.
55751/52 Haldibari New Jalpaiguri Passenger.
12344/43 Haldibari Sealdah Darjeeling Mail.
75722/21 Haldibari Siliguri Junction DEMU Passenger.
12364/63 Haldibari Kolkata Triweekly Intercity Express.
History
During the British period, all connections from southern parts of Bengal to North Bengal were through the eastern part of Bengal. From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, was in two laps. The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River, then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey. A 336 km metre-gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri via Jalpaiguri.{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html|title = India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri | publisher= IRFCA|accessdate = 2013-03-04}}
The 1.8 km-long Hardinge Bridge across the Padma came up in 1912. In 1926 the metre-gauge section north of the bridge was converted to broad gauge, so the entire Calcutta–Siliguri route became broad gauge. The route thus ran: Sealdah–Ranaghat–Bheramara–Hardinge Bridge–Iswardi–Santahar–{{stnlnk|Hili}}–Parabtipur–Nilphamari–{{stnlnk|Haldibari}}-Jalpaiguri-Siliguri.
With the partition of India, this track got trisected. The through route was formally closed after the India–Pakistan War in 1965.{{cite web|url=http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/11/27/new-rail-transit-route-thru-in-43288.html |title=New rail transit route thru India gets govt nod |publisher=Priyo Internet Life |accessdate=2013-03-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608063635/http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/11/27/new-rail-transit-route-thru-in-43288.html |archivedate= 8 June 2013 }}
The Siliguri–Haldibari, part of the original broad gauge Calcutta–Siliguri track via Hardinge Bridge, got delinked from the trunk route in 1947. As all the other tracks in the area were metre gauge, it was converted from broad gauge to metre gauge in the late forties. When New Jalpaiguri railway station came up, the line was extended to New Jalpaiguri. When broad-gauge lines were laid in the area, it was reconverted to broad gauge and now functions as the Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line.
{{see also|Darjeeling Mail}}
Amenities
Jalpaiguri railway station has the following amenities: computerized reservation center, waiting rooms, retiring rooms, book stall and food stall. Three platforms are well connected to 2 Foot Over Bridges.
References
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External links
- [http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/jalpaiguri-jpg/1600 Departures from Jalpaiguri railway station]
- {{Wikivoyage-inline|Jalpaiguri}}
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system=Indian Railways
|line=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|left=Kadobari|right=Mohitnagar Jalpaiguri|type=Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line}}
{{Jalpaiguri topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}
Category:Katihar railway division
Category:Railway stations in Jalpaiguri district