New Farakka Junction railway station

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	Kanchanjunga Express crossing Farakka Barrage

New Farakka Junction

নিউ ফরাক্কা জংশন
New Farakka Junction; নিউ ফরাক্কা জংশন
Indian Railways station; Junction station
	New Farakka railway station
General information
Location	Farakka Barrage Township, Murshidabad district, West Bengal; India
Coordinates	24°47′42″N 87°54′56″E / 24.7949°N 87.9156°E
Elevation	30 metre
Line(s)	Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NFK
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Malda
History
Opened	1971
Electrified	Yes
Location
	New Farakka Location in West Bengal New Farakka Location in India

New Farakka Junction is a railway station on the Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. New Farakka Junction railway station lies south of the Farakka Barrage.

Farakka Barrage[edit]

The 2,240-metre-long (7,350 ft) Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was thrown open to the public in 1971, thereby linking the towns of Murshidabad district to Malda, New Jalpaiguri and other railway stations in North Bengal.^[1]^[2]

Trains[edit]

Number of halting trains: 87

12041/12042 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
12516/12517 Silchar-Coimbatore Superfast Express
13149/13150 Alipurduar-Sealdah Kanchankanya Express
12507/12508 Silchar-Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express
12513/12514 Silchar–Secunderabad Express
12509/12510 Guwahati-Bangaluru Cantt. Kaziranga Superfast Express
15929/15930 Dibrugarh–Tambaram Express
14055/14056 Kamakhya-Delhi Brahmaputra Mail
15629/15630 Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express
15647/15648 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Guwahati Express (via Malda Town)
15661/15662 Ranchi–Kamakhya Express
12345/12346 Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
25657/25658 Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express
15659/15660 Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express
15959/15960 Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati
15961/15962 Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North
13147/13148 Bamanhat-Sealdah Uttar Banga Express
15639/15640 Puri–Kamakhya Express (via Adra)
15643/15644 Puri–Kamakhya Express (via Howrah)
15619/15620 Kamakhya–Gaya Express
13141/13142 New Alipurduar-Sealdah Teesta Torsa Express
13145/13146 Kolkata–Radhikapur Express
13163/13164 Saharsa-Sealdah Hate Bazare Express
13159/13160 Kolkata–Jogbani Express
13425/13426 Surat–Malda Town Express
13011/13012 Howrah–Malda Town Intercity Express
13465/13466 Howrah–Malda Town Intercity Express (via Azimganj)
13161/13162 Balurghat-Kolkata Tebhaga Express
13153/13154 Malda-Kolkata Gour Express
13413/13414 Malda-Delhi Farakka Express
13483/13484 Farakka Express (via Ayodhya)
13415/13416 Malda Town–Patna Express
15941/15942 Jhajha–Dibrugarh Weekly Express
13421/13422 Nabadwip Dham–Malda Town Express
14003/14004 Malda Town–New Delhi Express
13417/13418 Digha–Malda Town Express
13063/13064 Howrah–Balurghat Bi-Weekly Express
13409/13410 Malda Town–Jamalpur Intercity Express
13033/13034 Katihar–Howrah Express
53027/53028 Malda Town–Azimganj Passenger
53417/53418 Malda Town–Barddhaman Passenger
03427/03428 Malda Town–Haridwar Special Fare Special Express
53401/53402 Malda Town–Sahibganj Passenger

References[edit]

^ Salman, Salman M. A.; Uprety, Kishor (2002). Conflict and cooperation on South Asia's international rivers: a legal perspective. World Bank Publications. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-0-8213-5352-3. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
^ Saxena, R. P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

[1] Salman, Salman M. A.; Uprety, Kishor (2002). Conflict and cooperation on South Asia's international rivers: a legal perspective. World Bank Publications. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-0-8213-5352-3. Retrieved 5 July 2011.

[timeline-2] Saxena, R. P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

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New Farakka Junction নিউ ফরাক্কা জংশন
Indian Railways station Junction station
New Farakka railway station
General information
Location	Farakka Barrage Township, Murshidabad district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	24°47′42″N 87°54′56″E / 24.7949°N 87.9156°E / 24.7949; 87.9156
Elevation	30 metre
Line(s)	Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NFK
Zone(s)	Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Malda
History
Opened	1971
Electrified	Yes



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