Barsoi Junction railway station
Barsoi Junction railway station serves Barsoi city in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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| Location | State Highway 65, Barsoi, Bihar India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25.6509°N 87.9226°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 37 metres (121 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | North East Frontier Railway (NFR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BOE | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | NFR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Katihar | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Assam Behar State Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
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History
Assam Behar State Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge railway from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to Katihar in 1889. The connection was truncated with the partition of India in 1947, and the line now runs up to Radhikapur, near the Bangladesh border.[1]
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.[2][3] The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge from the early 1960s.[3]
Amenities
Barsoi railway station has a four-bedded retiring room.[4]
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gollark: Hmm, yes. Might be safer to use an antimatter bomb, though.
gollark: What if we create AR glasses which blot out all people on tracks and in similar situations so nobody has responsibility?
gollark: I mean, a laser powerful enough to stop the train would probably create more problems for the people on the tracks than just the molten or vaporized or whatever metal.
gollark: The real solution is a very powerful laser. Not only will it slow down via radiation pressure, but when the front of the train ablates it'll slow down further.
References
- "IR History:Early days II". 1870-1899. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- "IR History: Part IV (1947-1970)". irfca. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- Alastair Boobyer. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
External links
| Preceding station | Indian Railway | Following station | ||
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| Northeast Frontier Railway zone Katihar-Siliguri line | Khempur |
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| Terminus | Northeast Frontier Railway zone Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line | Dachna |
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