Barsoi Junction railway station serves Barsoi town and

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city in

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in the Indian state of

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. It is a major and very important railway station having stoppages of premium trains like

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and

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History

Assam Behar State Railway extended the -wide

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from Parbatipur, now in Bangladesh, to

Katihar Katihar (; ), is the tenth largest city in the state of Bihar in India in terms of population, Along with being one of the largest economic, educational and administrative centre in the eastern part of Bihar. The city situated in the eastern ...

in 1889. The connection was truncated with the

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in 1947, and the line now runs up to Radhikapur, near the Bangladesh border. In 1948–50, as a part of the Assam Rail Link project, the

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–

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sector was connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi. The railway lines in the area started being converted to

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from the early 1960s.

Amenities

Barsoi railway station has a four-bedded retiring room.

Trains

Following major trains are available from Barsoi Junction railway station: *

Kamakhya–SMVT Bengaluru AC Superfast Express The 12552/12551 Kamakhya–SMVT Bengaluru AC Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train operated by Northeast Frontier Railway of Indian Railways which connects Bangalore the capital of Karnataka and Guwahati the capital city of Assam, tha ...

* Kamakhya - Ranchi Express * New Jalpaiguri - Chennai Superfast Express * Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail * New Tinsukia - Chennai Tambaram Express * Silghat Town - Chennai Tambaram Nagaon Express *

Silchar–Secunderabad Express The Silchar–Secunderabad Express is a Superfast Express train operated by Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways that runs between , Assam and Secunderabad, Telangana via Guwahati. The train is currently being operated with 12513/1 ...

* Dibrugarh - Mumbai LTT Express * Sealdah - Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express * Sealdah - Jalpaiguri Road Humsafar Express *

Kolkata–Radhikapur Express The Kolkata–Radhikapur Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Kolkata (KOAA) and Radhikapur (RDP) in India. It is currently being operated with 13145/13146 train numbers on a daily basis. Service 13 ...

* New Jalpaiguri - Digha Paharia Express * Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Terminal North East Express * Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express * Howrah - Radhikapur Kulik Express *

Jogbani–Siliguri Town Intercity Express The 15723 / 24 Jogbani - Siliguri Town Intercity Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Railway that runs between of Bihar and of West Bengal in India. Coaches 15723/24 Jogbani - Siliguri Town Intercity ...

* Siliguri Junction - Katihar Intercity Express * Siliguri Junction - Balurghat Intercity Express * Dibrugarh - Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express * New Jalpaiguri-Rajendra Nagar Capital Express * Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Capital Express * New Jalpaiguri–Malda Town Express * Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express *

Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjungha Express ''Sealdah - Silchar Kanchanjungha Express'' is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between (Kolkata) and (Assam) in India via Barddhaman Junction railway station, Barddhaman , Rampurhat Junctio ...

* New Jalpaiguri–Amritsar Karmabhoomi Express * Kamakhya - Puri Express * Alipurduar - Delhi Sikkim Mahananda Express * Guwahati - SMVT Bengaluru Kaziranga Superfast Express * Sealdah - New Alipurduar Teesta Torsha Express * Siliguri - Radhikapur Express * Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express * Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express *

Dibrugarh - Deogarh Express Dibrugarh - Deogarh Express is an Express train of the Indian Railways connecting in Jharkhand and in Assam. It is currently being operated with 15926/15927 train numbers once in week basis. The train passes through Jharkhand, Bihar, West Benga ...

Kishanganj–Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express The 15715 / 15716 Garib Nawaz Express is an express passenger train connecting the Indian cities of Kishanganj in Bihar and Ajmer in Rajasthan. Service This is a direct train between Kishanganj and Ajmer. This is train connects the Eastern a ...

References

External links

* {{Railway stations in Bihar Railway stations in Katihar district Katihar railway division Railway junction stations in Bihar Railway stations in India opened in 1889 1889 establishments in British India