Thakurganj railway station

Thakurganj
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	State Highway 63, Thakurganj, Bihar India
Coordinates	26°25′36″N88°07′45″E / 26.4268°N 88.1293°E / 26.4268; 88.1293
Elevation	79 metres (259 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Katihar–Siliguri line
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	TKG
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Katihar
Location Thakurganj Location in Bihar Show map of Bihar Thakurganj Thakurganj (India) Show map of India

Thakurganj railway station serves Thakurganj town in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. The Mechi flowing nearby forms the boundary between Nepal and India in the area. On the other side of the border lies Prithivinagar town of Nepal.

Trains

• Delhi-Alipurduar Mahananda Express ^[1]
• Sealdah-Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express ^[2]
• Siliguri Town - Jogbani Intercity Express
• New Jalpaiguri - Ranchi Weekly Express ^[3]
• Kamakhya-Patna Capital Express ^[4]
• Siliguri Junction-Balurghat Express ^[5]
• Siliguri Junction-Katihar Express ^[6]
• Siliguri - Radhikapur Express
• New Jalpaiguri -Rajendra Nagar Capital Express ^[7]
• Radhikapur–Siliguri Junction DEMU
• Siliguri Junction–Malda Court DEMU
• Siliguri Junction–Katihar DEMU

Etymology

The place is named after Rabindra Nath Tagore (Rabindra Nath Thakur in Bengali). ^[8]

History

Thakurganj Junction was part of Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, Thakurganj Junction was the connecting point of DHR and Outh Tiruhat Railway.

Work for conversion of the Aluabari–Siliguri section from metre gauge to broad gauge was taken up in 2008, train services in the section was suspended and conversion work completed early in 2011.

Rail Electrification in this line completed on 2022, and New Line project Arariya-Galgalia is under construction.

Manish Kumar joined Thakurganj Station as Station Superintendent in May 2019. Following Staffs are currently working at Thakurganj Railway Station:

(i) Station Superintendent: Manish Kumar

(ii) Station Master: Naresh Kumar Hembrom

(iii) Station Master: Rahul Saha

(iv) Station Master: Sonu Kumar Choudhary

(v) Commercial Superintendent: Ajay Kumar Singh

(vi) Senior CC : Rajkumar Ray

(vi) Porter: Bhupesh Kumar ^{[9] [10] [11]}

References

1. "15484/Sikkim Mahananda Express - Old Delhi to Alipur Duar NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
2. "13149/Kanchan Kanya Express (PT) - Sealdah to Alipur Duar ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. "New Jalpaiguri Ranchi Weekly Express". indiarailinfo.com.
4. "13248/Rajendra Nagar Terminal - Kamakhya Capital Express - Patna to Kamakhya ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
5. "Siliguri Balurghat Express". indiarailinfo.com.
6. "Siliguri Katihar Express". indiarailinfo.com.
7. "New Jalpaiguri Rajendra Nagar Capital Express". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
8. "Thakurganj – Bihar – A Lovely Village" . Retrieved 3 March 2013.
9. "Delayed but new route helps trains". The Telegraph. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
10. "Railways to partially restore Siliguri-Bagdogra service". The Times of India . 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
11. Alam, Mudassir. "Rail movement begins on Kishanganj–Thakurganj–Siliguri Section". KishanganjBihar.com. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

External links

• Trains at Thakurganj

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Talabpur towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Katihar–Siliguri line		Piprithan towards ?