New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station

NEW JALPAIGURI Jn.

Express train and Passenger train station
New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station board
General information
LocationNew Jalpaiguri Road, Bhaktinagar, Siliguri-734004, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates26°40′57″N 88°26′38″E / 26.68250°N 88.44389°E / 26.68250; 88.44389
Elevation114.00 metres (374.02 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railway (NFR)
Line(s)
Platforms8 (6 Broad Gauge/2 Narrow Gauge)
Tracks45
Connections Cabs, Taxi, Auto-rickshaw, E-rickshaw
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Available
Accessible Yes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNJP
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s) Katihar
History
Opened1960 (1960)
ElectrifiedYes(July 2020)
Passengers
22M/Year60K/Day ( high)
Location
New Jalpaiguri railway station
Location in West Bengal
Interactive map

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 and the busiest railway junction of northern Bengal. This junction is largest among the railway stations which serve the city of Siliguri, the largest metropolis of the North Bengal. The other stations are- Siliguri Junction, Gulma, Bagdogra, Matigara, Rangapani and Siliguri Town. New Jalpaiguri junction ranked 10th cleanest railway station in India in 2016 survey and came among the top 100 booking stations of Indian railway. New Jalpaiguri, as a railway station serves as the entry point to North Bengal, Sikkim, other countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the seven northeastern states (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya). New Jalpaiguri Junction acts as a connecting base of railways for the northeastern states to the Indian mainland. Trains like New Jalpaiguri-Howrah Shatabdi Express runs from The New Jalpaiguri Jn and Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express,from the most important Railway New Jalpaiguri Jn.