Jalpaiguri Road জলপাইগুড়ি রোড
Indian Railways junction station
Platforms on each end of tracks
General information
Location	Railway Road, Patkata Colony, Danguajhar, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal India
Coordinates	26°33′34″N 88°42′35″E / 26.5594°N 88.7097°E / 26.5594; 88.7097
Elevation	84 metres (276 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Barauni–Guwahati line, New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line, New Jalpaiguri–Haldibari line, New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	JPE
Zone(s)	NFR
Division(s)	Alipurduar
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	North Bengal State Railway
Passengers
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Location
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New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
Legend
km New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section 136 Abhayapuri 124 Boitamari 111 Chapar 88 Bilasipara 76 Bagribari 66 Alamganj Bamnai River 64 Dhubri Ghat 63 Dhubri 56 Gauripur 49 Balajan ex MG connection to Bamanhat New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line to New Cooch Behar 47 Golokganj 43 Moterjhar Bamnai River 35 Basbari 26 Monglajhora 16 Tipkai Gangia River 9 Saptagram New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section 256 New Bongaigaon IOCL Bongaigaon railway siding 251 Dangtal Kujia River 244 Basugaon Champabati River 237 Salakati Tarang River 228 Kokrajhar Gourang River 223 Sesapani 218 0 Fakiragram Junction Heli River Loshka River 212 Pratap Khata Gangia River 207 Chautara Pagla River Mara Jaima River 194 Guabari 189 Gossaigaon Hat 182 Srirampur Assam Hawraphuta River Assam West Bengal border Sankosh River 172 Jorai Sankosh River Raidāk River 164 Kamakhyaguri Raidāk River 159 Chepani Halt 154 Samuktala Road New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar– Samuktala line Gadadhar River Bala River Nonai River 144 New Alipurduar Kaljani River 133 New Baneswar New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line to Golokganj Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to Bamanhat 125 New Cooch Behar Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to Alipurduar Junction New Mal–Changrabandha– New Cooch Behar line 115 Pundibari 111 Sajerpar Torsa River 103 Ghoksadanga 96 Gumanihat 87 Falakata Mujnai River 83 Khirerkote Duduya River 78 Salbari 72 Kolaigram 65 Dhupguri 58 Altagram Jaldhaka River 49 Betgara 45 New Maynaguri planned Y connection (under construction) 41 New Domohani New Mal–Changrabandha line Teesta River 33 Jalpaiguri Road New Jalpaiguri-Haldibari line 26 Raninagar Jalpaiguri 18 Belakoba 9 Ambari Falakata New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar– Samuktala Road line Darjeeling Himalayan Railway narrow gauge line 0 New Jalpaiguri Katihar–New Jalpaiguri line

Jalpaiguri Road railway station is one of the four railway station serving Jalpaiguri city in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The others are: Jalpaiguri City, Mohitnagar/Jalpaiguri Halt, and Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction railway station. Jalpaiguri is a newly built station, connecting the Barauni–Guwahati line and the New Mal–New Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line. Jalpaiguri Road Railway Station (JPE) established in the yera of 1964. Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway. Jalpaiguri Road Railway Station (JPE) is located almost in the middle of the district. The nearest road to Jalpaiguri Road station is "Jalpaiguri - Siliguri State highway" and Four-lane East-West Corridor (National Highway) at a distance of 1 km. This Railway station is very popular with tourists.

Major trains[edit]

• Uttar Banga Express
• Kamrup Express
• Padatik Express
• Kaziranga Superfast Express
• North East Express
• Avadh Assam Express
• Brahmaputra Mail
• Sealdah-Agartala Kanchanjunga Express
• Teesta Torsha Express
• New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Express
• Sealdah-Silchar Kanchanjunga Express
• Vivek Express
• Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
• Dibrugarh-Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
• Dibrugarh - Deogarh Express

History[edit]

During the British period all connections from southern parts of Bengal to North Bengal were through the eastern part of Bengal. From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, was in two laps. The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River, then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey. A 336 km metre-gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri via Jalpaiguri.^[1]

The 1.8 km long Hardinge Bridge across the Padma came up in 1912. In 1926 the metre-gauge section north of the bridge was converted to broad gauge, and so the entire Calcutta–Siliguri route became broad-gauge.^[1] The route thus ran: Sealdah–Ranaghat–Bheramara–Hardinge Bridge–Iswardi–Santahar–Hili–Parabtipur–Nilphamari–Haldibari–Jalpaiguri–Siliguri.

With the partition of India, this track got trisected. The through route was formally closed after the India–Pakistan War in 1965.^[2]

The Siliguri–Haldibari, part of the original broad-gauge Calcutta–Siliguri track via Hardinge Bridge, got delinked from the trunk route in 1947. As all the other tracks in the area were metre gauge, it was converted from broad gauge to metre gauge in the late forties. When New Jalpaiguri railway station came up, the line was extended to New Jalpiguri. When broad-gauge lines were laid in the area, it was reconverted to broad gauge and now functions as the Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line.^[1]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Departures from Jalpaiguri Road railway station
• Jalpaiguri travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Raninagar Jalpaiguri towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section		New Domohani towards ?