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	==History==		==History==
	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 and the first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The project was a {{convert\|142\|mi\|km\|adj=mid\|-long}} {{RailGauge\|1000mm}} [[metre gauge]] line linking [[Fakiragram railway station\|Fakiragram]] with [[Kishanganj railway station\|Kishanganj]].<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 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208085339/http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 \|archive-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> The route was converted to {{~~RailGauge~~\|~~1676mm~~}} [[~~Indian gauge\|~~broad gauge]] in 2003–2006.<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 \|url-status=dead \|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 \|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 and the first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The project was a {{convert\|142\|mi\|km\|adj=mid\|-long}} {{RailGauge\|1000mm}} [[metre gauge]] line linking [[Fakiragram railway station\|Fakiragram]] with [[Kishanganj railway station\|Kishanganj]].<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 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208085339/http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 \|archive-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> The route was converted to {{Track gauge\|5ft6in\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2003–2006.<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 \|url-status=dead \|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 \|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	The broad gauge line from [[New Jalpaiguri]] to Samuktala Road was added in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html \|title=India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri \|last=Boobyer \|first=Alastair \|work=IRFCA \|access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>		The broad gauge line from [[New Jalpaiguri]] to Samuktala Road was added in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html \|title=India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri \|last=Boobyer \|first=Alastair \|work=IRFCA \|access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Samuktala Road Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = National Highway 31C, Distt: Alipurduar, West Bengal, PIN-736208
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.4838|N|89.6355|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|48|m|ft}}
| line = [[New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section]] of <br/>[[Barauni–Guwahati line]]<br/>[[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line]]
| other =
| structure = At ground
| platform = 2
| tracks =
| parking = Not required
| bicycle = Not available
| opened = 1950
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = SMTA
| zone =
| division = {{rwd|Alipurduar}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway]]
| status =
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label =
}}

'''Samuktala Road Junction''' is a railway junction station in [[Alipurduar district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
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 and the first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The project was a {{convert|142|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} {{RailGauge|1000mm}} [[metre gauge]] line linking [[Fakiragram railway station|Fakiragram]] with [[Kishanganj railway station|Kishanganj]].<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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208085339/http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 |archive-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> The route was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm}} [[Indian gauge|broad gauge]] in 2003–2006.<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 |url-status=dead |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 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The broad gauge line from [[New Jalpaiguri]] to Samuktala Road was added in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html |title=India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri |last=Boobyer |first=Alastair |work=IRFCA |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/samuktala-road-smta/7255 Trains at Samuktala Road]

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

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