Kishanganj Railway Station

Kishanganj railway station serves Kishanganj city in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is one of the important railway station, as it lies on the important railway lines, they are Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line, Katihar–Siliguri line, and Barauni–Guwahati line. The famous Gaisal train disaster occurred at Gaisal railway station near Kishanganj.

History

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway extended its -wide narrow-gauge line from Siliguri to Kishanganj in 1915. In 1948–50, the Kishanganj branch of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was taken over for the purpose of completing the Assam Rail Link project, converted to and connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi. The railway lines in the area started being converted to -wide broad gauge from the early 1960s.

Amenities

Kishanganj railway station has the following amenities: computerized railway reservation system, waiting room, free google wifi, retiring room vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment room, bookstall and Government Railway Police (G.R.P) office.

Platforms

Kishanganj has two platforms and one under construction, one for Up and other for Down trains. A small platform is used for goods unloaded from freight trains. All the platforms are well connected with two foot overbridge (FOB).

Trains

Originating Train

# Kishanganj - Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express

Halting Trains

#New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
# New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)
# New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)
# New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)
# Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Agartala Humsafar Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Howrah AC Superfast Express
# Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
#Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
#'' Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express''
# New Jalpaiguri - MGR Chennai Central Superfast Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Sealdah Superfast Darjeeling Mail
#New Jalpaiguri–New Delhi Superfast Express
#New Jalpaiguri–Amritsar Karmabhoomi Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Udaipur City SF Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Digha Paharia Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Sealdah Padatik Superfast Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Ranchi Weekly Express
# New Jalpaiguri -Rajendra Nagar Capital Express
# New Jalpaiguri -Malda Town Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Sitamarhi Express
# Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express
# Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express
# Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
#Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
# Dibrugarh– Chennai Tambaram Express
# Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
# Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express
#Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
# Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati
# Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North
# Dibrugarh - Jhajha Express
# Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express
# Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
# Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
# Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
#New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Weekly Express
#New Tinsukia–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
# New Tinsukia - Darbhanga Jivachh Link Express
# Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express
# Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express
# Guwahati - Bikaner ExpressBihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck
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# Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
# Guwahati - Barmer Express
#Guwahati–Secunderabad Express
# Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express
# Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
# Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
# Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
#Guwahati–Rajendra Nagar Capital Express
# Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express.
# Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express
# Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
# Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail
# Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express
# Kamakhya - Ranchi Express
# Kamakhya - Puri Express via Howrah
# Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
# Kamakhya–Gaya Express
# Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express
# Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
# Kamakhya - Pune Express
# Alipurduar - Delhi Mahananda Express
# Alipurduar - Sealdah Kanchan Kanya Express
#Alipurduar - Secunderabad Express
# New Alipurdiar - Sealdah Teesta Torsha Express
# Bamanhat - Sealdah Uttar Banga Express
# Kolkata - Haldibari Tri-Weekly Express
# Kamakhya-Patna Capital Express
# Siliguri Junction-Balurghat Express
# Siliguri Junction-Katihar Express

References

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Trains at Kishanganj railway station

{{Railway stations in Bihar

Katihar railway division
Railway stations in Kishanganj district
Railway stations opened in 1915
1915 establishments in India