Alipurduar Junction railway station - Revision history

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	The [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built a {{track gauge\|2ft6in}} [[narrow-gauge railway]] from [[Geetaldaha]] on the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] to Jainti in 1901. The line passed through Alipurduar. It was converted to {{track gauge\|1000mm}} [[metre gauge]] in 1910.		The [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built a {{track gauge\|2ft6in}} [[narrow-gauge railway]] from [[Geetaldaha]] on the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] to Jainti in 1901. The line passed through Alipurduar. It was converted to {{track gauge\|1000mm}} [[metre gauge]] in 1910.

	With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, railway links of [[Assam]] and the Indian part of [[North Bengal]], earlier passing through the eastern part of [[Bengal]], were completely cut off from the rest of India. The Assam Rail Link project was taken up on 26 January 1948 to construct a {{convert\|229\|km\|mi\|adj=mid\|long}} {{track gauge\|1000mm}} [[metre-gauge railway]] linking [[Fakiragram]] with [[Kishanganj]] in [[Bihar]] via Alipurduar.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 \|title = History of NFR\|publisher=Northeast Frontier Railway\| access-date = 2013-02-22 }}</ref> The first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The route was converted to {{~~track~~ gauge\|~~1676mm~~}} [[~~Indian gauge\|~~broad gauge]] in 2003–2006.<ref name=iricen>{{cite web \| url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways \| first = V.P. \| last = Srivastava \| access-date = 2013-02-21 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| archive-date = 30 March 2014 \| url-status = dead \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>		With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, railway links of [[Assam]] and the Indian part of [[North Bengal]], earlier passing through the eastern part of [[Bengal]], were completely cut off from the rest of India. The Assam Rail Link project was taken up on 26 January 1948 to construct a {{convert\|229\|km\|mi\|adj=mid\|long}} {{track gauge\|1000mm}} [[metre-gauge railway]] linking [[Fakiragram]] with [[Kishanganj]] in [[Bihar]] via Alipurduar.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 \|title = History of NFR\|publisher=Northeast Frontier Railway\| access-date = 2013-02-22 }}</ref> The first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The route was converted to {{Track gauge\|5ft6in\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2003–2006.<ref name=iricen>{{cite web \| url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways \| first = V.P. \| last = Srivastava \| access-date = 2013-02-21 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| archive-date = 30 March 2014 \| url-status = dead \| df = dmy-all }}</ref>

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	The two junctions are on different lines and only one short-distance train Alipurduar–Kamakhya InterCity Express (train number 15471) runs between the two junctions.		The two junctions are on different lines and only one short-distance train Alipurduar–Kamakhya InterCity Express (train number 15471) runs between the two junctions.

	Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to {{~~track~~ gauge\|~~1676mm~~}} [[~~Indian gauge\|~~broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref name=iricen />		Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to {{Track gauge\|5ft6in\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref name=iricen />

	== References ==		== References ==

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{{Distinguish|Alipurduar Railway Junction}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2015}}
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| name = Alipurduar Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Alipurduar_Railway_Junction_Station.jpg
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| image_caption = Alipurduar Junction railway station
| address = BF Road, [[Alipurduar]], West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.5237|89.5335|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|53|m|ft}}
| line = [[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line]], [[Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line]]
| other =
| structure = At ground
| platform = 3
| tracks =
| parking = Available
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| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = APDJ
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Alipurduar}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Cooch Behar State Railway]]
| passengers =
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'''Alipurduar Junction''' is one of the four railway stations that serve [[Alipurduar]] city in [[Alipurduar district]] in north Bengal in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. Its station code is APDJ. An adjacent railway junction is {{stnlnk|New Alipurduar}} (station code NOQ).

==Trains==
The main trains operated by this station is listed below-

*[[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)]]
*[[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Kamakhya Weekly Express]]
*[[Mahananda Express]]
*[[Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Weekly Express]]
*[[Guwahati–Rajendra Nagar Capital Express]]
*[[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express]]
*[[Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express]]
*[[Kanchan Kanya Express]]
*[[Jhajha–Dibrugarh Weekly Express]]
*[[Udaipur City–Kamakhya Kavi Guru Express]]
*[[Ranchi–Kamakhya Express]]
*[[New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Weekly Express]]
*[[Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express]]
*[[Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express]]
*[[Alipurduar–Kamakhya Intercity Express]]
*[[Siliguri–Alipurduar Intercity Express]]

==History==
The [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built a {{track gauge|2ft6in}} [[narrow-gauge railway]] from [[Geetaldaha]] on the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] to Jainti in 1901. The line passed through Alipurduar. It was converted to {{track gauge|1000mm}} [[metre gauge]] in 1910.

With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, railway links of [[Assam]] and the Indian part of [[North Bengal]], earlier passing through the eastern part of [[Bengal]], were completely cut off from the rest of India. The Assam Rail Link project was taken up on 26 January 1948 to construct a {{convert|229|km|mi|adj=mid|long}} {{track gauge|1000mm}} [[metre-gauge railway]] linking [[Fakiragram]] with [[Kishanganj]] in [[Bihar]] via Alipurduar.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 |title = History of NFR|publisher=Northeast Frontier Railway| access-date = 2013-02-22 }}</ref> The first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The route was converted to {{track gauge|1676mm}} [[Indian gauge|broad gauge]] in 2003–2006.<ref name=iricen>{{cite web | url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways | first = V.P. | last = Srivastava | access-date = 2013-02-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | archive-date = 30 March 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Now all the railway tracks in Alipurduar city are broad gauge.

==Other adjacent stations==
Two adjacent local railway stations are Alipurduar (station code APD) and Alipurduar Court (station code APDC). Long-distance trains do not stop there.

Most of the long-distance trains from other parts of India pass through and stop at New Alipurdur railway junction (station code NOQ) constructed in early 1950s as it is connected with double track to Assam and the rest of Bengal. The older Alipurduar station was on metre-gauge track that was converted to broad gauge much later in 2006 and fewer trains pass through Alipurduar station.

The two junctions are on different lines and only one short-distance train Alipurduar–Kamakhya InterCity Express (train number 15471) runs between the two junctions.

Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to {{track gauge|1676mm}} [[Indian gauge|broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref name=iricen />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/alipur-duar-junction-apdj/449 Trains at Alipurduar Junction]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Alipurduar}}

{{Alipurduar topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Alipurduar railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Alipurduar district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Transport in Alipurduar]]