Siliguri Junction railway station
Siliguri Junction | |||||||
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| Regional rail & Commuter rail station | |||||||
Siliguri Junction Railway Station Complex | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Hill Cart Road, Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri–734001, Darjeeling district, West Bengal India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 26°43′24″N 88°24′50″E / 26.7234°N 88.4138°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 120 metres (390 ft) | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railways | ||||||
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| Tracks | 10 | ||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | SGUJ | ||||||
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Katihar | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1949 | ||||||
| Electrified | January 10, 2020 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 50,000/Day ( high) | |||||||
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Siliguri Junction (station code:- SGUJ) is one of the major and second largest railway station that serve the city of Siliguri located in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The station has two types of gauges visible i.e. 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, & 610 mm (2 ft) narrow-gauge tracks for Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. It was opened in 1949. It formerly had the distinction of having three gauges visible but the metre-gauge line from Aluabari Road to Siliguri Junction was converted later into broad gauge. A few years ago, the trains used to run between Siliguri Junction to Naksalbari on the metre-gauge line. Siliguri Junction lies on three railway lines New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line, Katihar–Siliguri line and Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Line. This railway station also has its own locomotive shed i.e Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri