Summary
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]
Raxaul Junction | |
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 Indian Railways station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Station Road, Raxaul, near Birgunj a border city of Nepal. East Champaran, Bihar India |
| Coordinates | 26°59′12″N 84°50′41″E / 26.9868°N 84.8447°E |
| Elevation | 88 metres (289 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | East Central Railway zone |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Tracks | 6 |
| Connections | Auto stand |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) |
| Parking | Yes |
| Bicycle facilities | No |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | RXL |
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway zone |
| Division(s) | Samastipur |
| History | |
| Opened | 1927 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Location | |
  Raxaul Junction Location within India  Raxaul Junction Raxaul Junction (Bihar) | |
History edit
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 edit
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.
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