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{{short description|Railway line in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Barsoi–Radhikapur Branch line
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| status = Operational
| locale = [[West Bengal]]
| start = [[Barsoi railway station|Barsoi Junction]]
| end = {{stnlnk|Radhikapur}}
| stations = 13
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| open = 1889 (broad gauge from 2006)
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
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The '''Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line''' links [[Barsoi railway station]] on the [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]] to [[Radhikapur railway station]] on the [[Bangladesh–India border]].

==History==
Assam Behar State Railway extended the [[metre-gauge railway]] from {{stnlnk|Parbatipur}}, now in Bangladesh, to {{stnlnk|Katihar}} in 1889.<ref name=irii>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|title = IR History: Early days II: 1870–1899| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-01-19}}</ref> With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, the Katihar–Radhikapur section remained in India and the Biral–Parbatipur section was placed in Pakistan (later Bangladesh).

==The railway line==
When the broad-gauge railway line, instead of being placed at Dalkhola–Malda via Raiganj, was moved to Dalkhola–Barsoi–Malda this section, became only a branch line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nfrlyconstruction.org/Uploads/File/projects-on-hand/24.pdf |format=PDF |title=Jogbani – Katihar – Barsoi – Radhikapur and Katihar – Teznarayanpur section (234 K) |website=Nfrlyconstruction.org |access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref> This branch line starts at Barsoi railway station and ends at Radhikapur railway station where the Indo-Bangladesh border lies. The Barsoi–Radhikapur sector was converted to broad gauge in 2006.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is {{stnlnk|Biral}} in [[Dinajpur District (Bangladesh)|Dinajpur District]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080823/jsp/siliguri/story_9731340.jsp |title = Collision kills woman on Vellore trip | access-date = 2009-08-15 | work = The Telegraph | location=Calcutta| date=2008-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080421/jsp/business/story_9164969.jsp |title = Govt weighs rail links with Nepal, Bhutan | access-date = 2009-08-15 | work = The Telegraph | location=Calcutta| date=2008-04-21}}</ref> The transit facility in the Radhikapur–Birol sector has remained suspended since 1 April 2005.But now it has been converted to broad gauge and large goods train are travelling with stone boulders from Nepal to Bangladesh through India from March 2017 and it was officially operationalised and announced open in April 2017.<ref name=ET1>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modi-hasina-to-flag-off-trial-run-of-new-indo-bangla-train/articleshow/58055206.cms Tiral run flagged off by Modi and hasina, Economic Times, 6 April 2017]</ref> The railway track on the Indian side has been converted to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] while that on the Bangladesh side remains [[metre gauge]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=31026 |title = Rail Link with Bangladesh| publisher = Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 7 September 2007| access-date = 2011-12-22 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070107153536/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2006/dec06/r2006120867.pdf]</ref>

There are 13 railway stations in this branch line. 10 of them are in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] of [[West Bengal]] and the rest are in [[Katihar district]] of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/1311 |title=13146/Radhikapur – Kolkata Express (PT) – Radhikapur/RDP to Kolkata/KOAA ER/Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry |publisher=India Rail Info |access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref>

==Stations==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Station code !! Station name !! Distance (km)
|-
| RDP || Radhikapur || 0.0
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| DLX || Dalimgaon|| 6.2
|-
|KAJ || '''Kaliyaganj''' ||12.1
|-
|BJY || Bangalbaree || 21.9
|-
|BMGR || Bamangram || 25.1
|-
| RGJ || '''Raiganj''' || 32.2
|-
|JTK || Jhitkia || 38.8
|-
|KAU || Kachna || 42.8
|-
|DHNA || Dhachna || 49.1
|-
|BOE || '''Barsoi Junction''' || 53.4
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/1311 |title=13146/Radhikapur – Kolkata Express (PT) – Radhikapur/RDP to Kolkata/KOAA ER/Eastern Zone – Railway Enquiry |publisher=India Rail Info |access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160630065333/http://www.trainspnrstatus.com/runningstatus/75708-sguj-rdp-demu]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/civil_engg/pdf/ORI_2008/35.pdf |format=PDF |title=Report on inspection prior to opening of Barsoi–Radhikapur section |website=Indianrailways.gov.in |access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}
{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
|{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{India–Bangladesh land border checkpoints}}

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[[Category:Katihar railway division]]
[[Category:Bangladesh–India border crossings]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Uttar Dinajpur district]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1879]]

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