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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Railway station in Bihar}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Barsoi Junction<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Barsoi.png<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = State Highway 65, Barsoi, Bihar<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|25.6509|87.9226|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|37|m|ft}}<br />
| line = *[[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]]<br />
*[[Katihar–Siliguri line]]<br />
*[[Barauni–Guwahati line]]<br />
*[[Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on ground<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = 6<br />
| parking = Available<br />
| opened = 1889<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Yes<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = '''BOE'''<br />
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|NFR]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Katihar}}<br />
}}<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous=Katihar |next= Dalkhola|line= Barauni–Guwahati line|branch=Towards {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri}} [[File:16 cardinal points N.png|15px|North Bihar]]}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|branch=Towards {{stnlnk|Radhikapur}} [[File:16 cardinal points E.png|15px|Delhi/UP]]|previous= Katihar |next= Raiganj|line=Katihar–Siliguri line}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|branch=Towards {{stnlnk|Howrah}} [[File:16 cardinal points SW.png|15px|Jharkhand]]|previous= Malda Town |next= Dalkhola|line=Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway (NFR)]]<br />
| status = <br />
| former = Assam Behar State Railway<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_dot_label = '''Barsoi Junction'''<br />
| map_type = India#India Bihar<br />
| map_size = 260<br />
| map_caption = Location in Bihar<br />
}}<br />
'''Barsoi Junction railway station''' serves [[Barsoi|Barsoi city]] in [[Katihar district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Assam Behar State Railway extended the {{RailGauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge railway]] from [[Parbatipur railway station|Parbatipur]], now in Bangladesh, to [[Katihar railway station|Katihar]] in 1889. The connection was truncated with the [[partition of India]] in 1947, and the line now runs up to [[Radhikapur railway station|Radhikapur]], near the Bangladesh border.<ref name=irii>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|title = IR History:Early days II|work= 1870–1899| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-01-19}}</ref><br />
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In 1948–50, as a part of the Assam Rail Link project, the [[Fakiragram railway station|Fakiragram]]–[[Kishanganj railway station|Kishanganj]] sector was connected to the [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railway]] network at Barsoi.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html |title = IR History: Part IV (1947–1970)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-02-24 }}</ref><ref name=njp>{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html |author=Alastair Boobyer |title=India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri |publisher=IRFCA| access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref> The railway lines in the area started being converted to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] from the early 1960s.<ref name=njp/><br />
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==Amenities==<br />
Barsoi railway station has a four-bedded retiring room{{clarify|date=June 2018}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,2,279,863 |title=Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=2013-02-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301112640/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C2%2C279%2C863 |archive-date= 1 March 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/barsoi-junction-boe/442 Trains at Barsoi railway station]<br />
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{{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Mukuria|next= Khempur|line=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|branch= [[Katihar–Siliguri line]]|rows1=1}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= |next= Dachna|line=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|branch= [[Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line]]|rows1=1}}<br />
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{{Purnia Division topics}}<br />
{{Railway stations in Bihar}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Katihar district]]<br />
[[Category:Katihar railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1889]]<br />
[[Category:1889 establishments in British India]]</div>
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