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{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Distinguish|Alipurduar Railway Junction}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Alipurduar Junction
| native_name =
| type = [[Regional Rail]] & [[Light Rail]] Station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Alipurduar_Junction_Railway_Station.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption = Alipurduar Junction railway station
| address = BF Road, [[Alipurduar]], West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.5237|89.5335|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|53|m|ft}}
| line = * [[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line]] 
* [[Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line]]
| other = Auto-rickshaw & E-rickshaw
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]
| platform = 5
| tracks = 12
| parking = {{rint|park}} Available
| bicycle = {{rint|bicycle}} Available 
| opened = {{start date and age|1901}}
| closed = 
| rebuilt = 
| electrified = Yes
| accessible = {{Accessicon|20px}} Yes
| code = {{Indian railway code
  | code     = '''APDJ'''
  | zone     = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway]]
  | division = {{rwd|Alipurduar}}
  }}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = * [[Cooch Behar State Railway]]
* [[Assam Bengal Railway]]
| passengers = 30,000 per day
| pass_year = 
| pass_percent = 
| pass_system = {{increase}} {{color|#fc5|high}}
| map_type = India West Bengal
| map_dot_label = 
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| mapframe = Yes
| services =
}}
'''Alipurduar Junction''' is one of the four railway stations that serve [[Alipurduar]] city in [[Alipurduar district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. Its station code is APDJ and it lies in [[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line]] and [[Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line]]. An adjacent railway junction is {{stnlnk|New Alipurduar}} (station code NOQ).

==History==
The [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built a {{track gauge|2ft6in}} [[narrow-gauge railway]] from [[Geetaldaha]] on the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] to Jainti in 1901. The line passed through Alipurduar. It was converted to {{track gauge|1000mm}} [[metre gauge]] in 1910.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, railway links of [[Assam]] and the Indian part of [[North Bengal]], earlier passing through the eastern part of [[Bengal]], were completely cut off from the rest of India. The Assam Rail Link project was taken up on 26 January 1948 to construct a {{convert|229|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} {{track gauge|1000mm}} [[metre-gauge railway]] linking [[Fakiragram]] with [[Kishanganj]] in [[Bihar]] via Alipurduar.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 |title = History of NFR|publisher=Northeast Frontier Railway| access-date = 2013-02-22 }}</ref> The first train ran on the route on 26 January 1950. The route was converted to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2003–2006.<ref name=iricen>{{cite web | url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways | first = V.P. | last = Srivastava | access-date = 2013-02-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | archive-date = 30 March 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Now all the railway tracks in Alipurduar city are broad gauge.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
==Connections==
There are multiple trains originating and halting in Alipurduar railway station, they are as follows:
*[[SMVT Bengaluru–Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express|Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal - Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express]]
*[[Panvel–Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express]]
*[[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Kamakhya Weekly Express|Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Kamakhya Express]]
*[[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express]]
*[[Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Weekly Express|Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express]]
*[[Udaipur City–Kamakhya Kavi Guru Express]]
*[[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar Tourist Express]]
*[[Ranchi–Kamakhya Express]]
*[[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)|Puri–Kamakhya Express via Howrah]]
*[[Mahananda Express|Delhi Junction - Alipurduar Mahananda Express]]
*[[Kanchan Kanya Express|Sealdah - Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express]]
*[[Kamakhya–Arrah Junction Capital Express]]
*[[Jhajha–Dibrugarh Weekly Express|Jhajha–Dibrugarh Express]]
*[[Alipurduar - Secunderabad Express]]
*[[Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express]]
*[[Siliguri–Alipurduar Intercity Express|Siliguri Junction - Alipurduar Intercity Express]]
*[[Siliguri–Dhubri Intercity Express|Siliguri Junction - Dhubri Intercity Express]]
*[[Siliguri Bamanhat Intercity Express|Siliguri Junction - Bamanhat Express]]
*[[Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express]]
*[[Alipurduar–Kamakhya Intercity Express]]

==Other adjacent stations==
Two adjacent local railway stations are Alipurduar (station code APD) and Alipurduar Court (station code APDC). Long-distance trains do not stop there.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Most of the long-distance trains from other parts of India pass through and stop at New Alipurduar railway junction (station code NOQ) constructed in the early 1950s as it is connected with double track to Assam and the rest of Bengal. The older Alipurduar station was on metre-gauge track that was converted to broad gauge much later in 2006 and fewer trains pass through Alipurduar station.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

The two junctions are on different lines and only one short-distance train Alipurduar–Kamakhya InterCity Express (train number 15471) runs between the two junctions.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref name=iricen />

==See also ==

* [[North Eastern Railway Connectivity Project]]
* [[North Western Railway zone]]
* [[Panvel–Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IndiaRailInfo|449}}
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Alipurduar}}

{{Alipurduar topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1901]]
[[Category:Alipurduar railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Alipurduar district]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Transport in Alipurduar]]