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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Jalpaiguri Road<br />
| other_name = Jalpaiguri Central<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| image = <br />
| address = Railway Road, [[Patkata Colony]], [[Denguajhar]], [[Jalpaiguri]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.5594|88.7097|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|84|m|ft}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]<br />
| line = [[Barauni–Guwahati line]], [[New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line]], [[New Jalpaiguri–Haldibari line]], [[New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section]]<br />
| platform = 5<br />
| tracks = 7<br />
| other = <br />
| ADA = <br />
| parking = Available<br />
| structure = Standard on ground<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = JPE<br />
| zone = NFR<br />
| division = {{rwd|Alipurduar}}<br />
}}<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| closed = <br />
| former = North Bengal State Railway<br />
| opened = 1914<br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| map_type = India West Bengal#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = <br />
| image_caption = Platforms on each end of tracks<br />
}}<br />
{{New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section|collapse=y}}<br />
'''Jalpaiguri Road railway station''' is one of the five railway stations which serves [[Jalpaiguri]] city in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The other four are: [[Jalpaiguri railway station|Jalpaiguri City]], [[Mohitnagar Jalpaiguri railway station|Mohitnagar/Jalpaiguri Halt]], {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri}} and {{stnlnk|Jalpaiguri Junction}}. The station is a newly built-up [[junction station]] connecting the [[Barauni–Guwahati line]] and the [[New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line]] with the [[New Jalpaiguri–Haldibari line]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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&nbsp;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&nbsp;km metre-gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to [[Siliguri]] via [[Jalpaiguri]].<ref name=njp>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html|title = India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri | publisher= IRFCA|access-date = 2013-03-04}}</ref><br />
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The 1.8&nbsp;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.<ref name=njp/> The route thus ran: [[Sealdah]]–[[Ranaghat]]–[[Bheramara Upazila|Bheramara]]–[[Hardinge Bridge]]–[[Iswardi]]–[[Santahar]]–{{stnlnk|Hili}}–[[Parbatipur Junction|Parabtipur]]–[[Nilphamari Sadar Upazila|Nilphamari]]–{{stnlnk|Haldibari}}–{{stnlnk|Jalpaiguri}}–[[Siliguri Town railway station|Siliguri]].<br />
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With the [[partition of India]], this track got trisected. The through route was formally closed after the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|India–Pakistan War in 1965]].<ref name=priyo>{{cite web|url=http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/11/27/new-rail-transit-route-thru-in-43288.html |title=New rail transit route thru India gets govt nod |publisher=Priyo Internet Life |access-date=2013-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608063635/http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/11/27/new-rail-transit-route-thru-in-43288.html |archive-date= 8 June 2013 }}</ref><br />
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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]].<ref name=njp/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/jalpaiguri-jpg/1600 Departures from Jalpaiguri Road railway station]<br />
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Jalpaiguri}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Jalpaiguri district]]<br />
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