Raxaul Junction railway station is a main railway station in East Champaran district, Bihar. Its code is RXL. It serves Raxaul city and also as gateway to Nepal as the most important station on the Indo-Nepal border. The station consists of five platforms.[1]

History

Raxaul–Amlekhganj line was constructed in 1927. It was Nepal's first railway line. Narrow-gauge line of 48 km was closed in 1965 as new line was constructed to Inland Container Depot at Sirsiya near Birgunj and was opened in 2005.[2]

Lines and location

The station is situated on the Delhi–Gorakhpur–Raxaul–Muzaffarpur–Kolkata lines.[3][4] Earlier, all tracks were metre gauge but most have been converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. After the completion of the gauge conversion from Darbhanga to Raxaul via Sitamarhi, another broad-gauge route to Raxaul became available from March 2014.

Major trains

Some of the important trains that runs from Raxaul are :

See also

References

  1. ^ "RXL/Raxaul Junction (5 PFs)". India Rail Info.
  2. ^ Railways in Nepal
  3. ^ "Jagran News". Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Bhaskar News". Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2022.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raxaul_Junction_railway_station
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