Bagdogra Railway Station is one of the railway station that serves Western Siliguri Metropolitan Areas in

Darjeeling district Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters. Kurseon ...

in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. The other stations are: ,

New Jalpaiguri New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station (station code NJP) established in 1960, is an A1 category broad gauge and narrow-gauge railway station under Katihar railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. It is the largest as well as the ...

, , , and . This station consists of six platforms, among them five

broad-gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

platforms and one

metre-gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

platform. This station lies in

Katihar–Siliguri line The Katihar–Siliguri line is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of Bihar with in West Bengal, via , , , , , , , and . It was a metre-gauge track that was converted to broad gauge in 2011. Another railway line with a slight ...

and New Jalpaiguri - Thakurganj Line Via Bagdogra and Rangapani . It is located at from Siliguri city centre and from

Bagdogra Airport Bagdogra Airport is a customs airport located in the western part of Siliguri, in Bagdogra in northern West Bengal, India. It is operated as a civil enclave at AFS Bagdogra of the Indian Air Force. It is the gateway airport to the hill station ...

Trains

There are many local, DEMU Passenger trains available from this station and also some of the important Express trains available from this station are as follows: * Delhi Junction - Alipurduar Mahananda Express * Sealdah-Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express * Kamakhya-Patna Capital Express * Siliguri Junction-Balurghat Express * Siliguri Junction-Katihar Express * New Jalpaiguri -Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Express

References

External links

*https://indiarailinfo.com/station/blog/bagdogra-bora/5312 Railway stations in Siliguri Railway stations in West Bengal Railway stations in Darjeeling district Transport in Siliguri {{WestBengal-railstation-stub