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{{Infobox station
| name = Jalpaiguri
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Platforms on each end of tracks
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = Station Feeder Road, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, PIN 735 101
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.5189|88.7237|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| elevation = {{convert|84|m|ft}}
| line = [[Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 1 for passenger, 1 for goods traffic
| tracks = 4, 2 on Platform, 2 Loop lines, however line 4(goods) is not connected to others at the RQJ end
| parking = Available
| opened = 1878
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = JPG
| zone = NFR
| division = {{rwd|Katihar}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status =
| former = [[Bengal Assam Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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| map_dot_label = Jalpaiguri railway station
| map_type = India#India West Bengal
| map_size = 260
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
}}
'''Jalpaiguri Town railway station''' serves [[Jalpaiguri]] city in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
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.<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|accessdate = 2013-03-04}}</ref>

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.<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}}-Jalpaiguri-[[Siliguri Town railway station|Siliguri]].

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 |accessdate=2013-03-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608063635/http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/11/27/new-rail-transit-route-thru-in-43288.html |archivedate= 8 June 2013 }}</ref>

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/>
{{see also|Darjeeling Mail}}

==Amenities==
Jalpaiguri railway station has the following amenities: computerized reservation center, waiting rooms, retiring rooms, book stall and food stall.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/jalpaiguri-jpg/1600 Departures from Jalpaiguri railway station]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Jalpaiguri}}

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

[[Category:Katihar railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1878]]
[[Category:Transport in Jalpaiguri]]
[[Category:1878 establishments in India]]

Jalpaiguri railway station - Revision history

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