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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>Katihar Junction <br/>कटिहार जंक्शन<br />
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express train]] and [[Slow and fast passenger trains in India|Passenger train]] station<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Katihar Station.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_caption = The main entrance of the station.<br />
| address = Station Road, Katihar, Bihar-854105<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|25.54869|87.56615|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|35|m|ft}}<br />
| line = *[[Barauni–Katihar section|Barauni–Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections]]<br />
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*[[Katihar–Jogbani line]]<br />
*[[Katihar–Siliguri line]]<br />
*[[Katihar–Teznarayanpur branch line]]<br />
*[[Katihar–Malda line]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br />
| platform = 8<br />
| tracks = 14<br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = Available<br />
| opened = 1889<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = Electrified(April-2017)<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = '''KIR'''<br />
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Katihar}}<br />
}}<br />
| services = {{s-rail|title=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|East Central Railway}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= |next= Purnia|line= Barauni–Katihar section|branch=Towards {{stnlnk|Jogbani}} [[File:16 cardinal points N.png|15px|North Bihar]]}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|branch=Towards {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri}} [[File:16 cardinal points NE.png|15px|Delhi/UP]]|previous= Barauni |next= Barsoi|line=Katihar–Siliguri line}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|branch=Towards {{stnlnk|Malda Town}} [[File:16 cardinal points SE.png|15px|Jharkhand]]|previous= Barauni |next= Kumedpur|line=Katihar–Siliguri line}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= |next= Teznarayanpur|line= Barauni–Katihar section|branch=Towards {{stnlnk|Manihari}} [[File:16 cardinal points S.png|15px|North Bihar]]}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company|East Indian Railway]]<br />
| passengers = 1 Lakh per day<br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
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| map_dot_label = Katihar Junction railway station<br />
| map_type = India Bihar<br />
| map_size = 260<br />
| map_caption = Location in Bihar<br />
}}<br />
'''Katihar Junction railway station''' serves [[Katihar]] city in [[Katihar district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. It is an '''A''' Category railway station of {{rwd|Katihar}} Division. The Katihar Junction railway station is connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network.<br />
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Katihar lies in between [[Barauni–Katihar section]] of [[Barauni–Guwahati line]]<br />[[Katihar–Siliguri line]] which serves the city with numerous trains to [[Guwahati]], [[Kolkata]], [[Delhi]], [[Muzaffarpur]], [[Patna]], [[Gorakhpur]], [[Lucknow]] and with many other cities. It is ISO certified [[ISO 14001]]:2015 for its clean and green environment throughout the station premises.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br />
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==History==<br />
[[East Indian Railway Company]] opened the Manihari–Katihar–Kasba section in 1888 and the North Bengal Railway opened the Katihar–Raiganj section the same year. The Barsoi–Kishanganj section opened in 1889. All these lines were {{track gauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] lines. [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]], operating {{track gauge|2ft}} [[narrow-gauge]] lines, extended their operations from [[Siliguri Town railway station|Siliguri]] to {{stnlnk|Kishanganj}} in 1915 and to Dalkhola.<br />
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Siliguri was connected to [[Kolkata]] via the eastern part of Bengal since 1878 (for details see [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]]). However, with the [[partition of India]] in 1947, railway services in the region were completely disrupted. In 1949, the narrow-gauge Siliguri–Kishanganj section was upgraded to metre gauge. Thus there was a direct metre-gauge connection from Manihari to Siliguri via Katihar.<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 = 2011-11-12 }}</ref> The importance of Katihar station grew because of the jute mill in the region.<br />
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== Development ==<br />
In the early 1960s, when [[Farakka Barrage]] was being constructed, Indian Railways took the initiative to extend {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad-gauge]] rail link from Kolkata.<ref name=njp/><br />
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The {{convert|2240|m|abbr=on}} long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the [[Ganges]]. The rail bridge was opened in 1971 thereby linking the [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]] to [[Malda Town railway station|Malda]], {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri}} and other railway stations in North Bengal.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|title=Indian Railway History timeline|first=R. P.|last=Saxena|access-date=2011-11-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|archive-date=14 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Salman|first1=Salman M. A.|last2=Uprety|first2=Kishor|title=Conflict and cooperation on South Asia's international rivers: a legal perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GEr4fyDbqgC&pg=PA135|access-date= 2011-07-05|year=2002|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=978-0-8213-5352-3|pages=135–136}}</ref><br />
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Gauge conversion work (from metre gauge to broad gauge) in the Barauni–Katihar section was taken up in 1978–79 and completed in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irse.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=295|title=Details of New line, Gauge conversion & Doubling constructed after independence & in progress on Indian Railways|publisher=irse|author=Rajendra Saxena|work=item No. 18|access-date=2012-01-24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709044703/http://irse.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=295|archive-date=9 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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The Siliguri–Katihar line was the last surviving [[metre-gauge]] line in the area. The Aluabari Road–Katihar section already had a broad-gauge line running alongside the metre-gauge line. The Aluabari Road–Siliguri section needed to be converted. Conversion work was taken up in 2008, train services in the section was suspended and conversion work completed early in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110929/jsp/siliguri/story_14566478.jsp |title = Delayed but new route helps trains|work=The Telegraph|date=29 September 2011| access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-16/patna/28119519_1_kishanganj-railway-station-train-services | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103123716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-16/patna/28119519_1_kishanganj-railway-station-train-services | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-01-03 |title = Railways to partially restore Siliguri–Bagdogra service | access-date = 2011-12-10 | work = [[The Times of India]] | date=2010-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Trips/east/eastward-ho/103_mg-line-aluabari-rd.jpg.html |title = IRFCA photo gallery| publisher= IRFCA|access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref><br />
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== Platforms ==<br />
There are 8 functional platforms at Katihar Junction which are interconnected & have multiple foot overbridges.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
{{Gallery<br />
|File:20503 Dibrugarh RAJDHANI arriving Katihar Jn.jpg|Dibrugarh Rajdhani arriving Katihar Jn<br />
|File:Katihar Station.jpg<br />
|alt1=Katihar Station<br />
|Katihar Station<br />
|File:KYQ-LTT AC EXPRESS.jpg<br />
|alt2=Kamakhya–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Express entering Katihar<br />
|Kamakhya–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Express entering Katihar<br />
|File:DBRT RAJ.jpg<br />
|alt3=12423 Dibrugarh–New Delhi Rajdhani Express waiting to depart Katihar<br />
|12423 Dibrugarh–New Delhi Rajdhani Express waiting to depart Katihar<br />
|File:SGUJ WDG4 12155.jpg<br />
|alt4=A Siliguri-based WDG-4 with a freight train enters Katihar Junction<br />
|A Siliguri-based WDG-4 with a freight train enters Katihar Junction<br />
|title=}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IndiaRailInfo|553}}<br />
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