Matigara railway station

Matigara Railway Station^[1] is one of the railway stations that serve Siliguri in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The other stations are: Siliguri Junction, New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri Town, Gulma, Rangapani and Bagdogra. This is a small station consisting of three platforms, among them one 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge platforms and one metre gauge platform. It is located at 6.2 km (3.9 mi) from Siliguri city centre and 10 km (6.2 mi) from Bagdogra Airport.

Matigara মাটিগাড়া
General information
Location	Asian highway 02, National highway 31, near Matigara Bazar, Darjeeling, West Bengal India
Coordinates	26.7178317°N 88.3847761°E / 26.7178317; 88.3847761
Elevation	120 metres (390 ft)
System	Passenger train station
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North East Frontier Railway
Line	Katihar–Siliguri line
Platforms	1 [1 broad gauge and 1 metre gauge]
Tracks	2
Connections	Auto rickshaw, E-Rikshaw, Bus, Taxi, Cabs, bike taxi
Construction
Structure type	Standard at ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MTRA
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Electrified	In progress
Previous names	North Bengal State Railway
Location Matigara Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Matigara Location in India Show map of India

v t e Railways in the Siliguri area
Legend
Sivok–Rangpo line to Rangpo & Sikkim (under construction) New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar– Samuktala line 21 km 13 mi Sivok 10 km 6 mi Gulma Darjeeling Himalayan Railway narrow-gauge railway to Darjeeling 8 km 5 mi Siliguri Junction 12 km 7 mi Matigara Mahananda River 6 km 4 mi Siliguri Town New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section and New Jalpaiguri—Haldibari line 0 New Jalpaiguri 5 km 3 mi Rangapani New Jalpaiguri–Howrah line via Barsoi 18 km 11 mi Bagdogra Bagdogra Airport Siliguri–Katihar Line via Thakurganj

Trains

The train operation in this station is now closed for upgradation. But in the past time some local trains are stopped here. Few years ago Train Bus is running from Siliguri to Naxalbari is halt here but now due to less passenger, this Train Bus service also closed. Now Indian railway department is monitoring to develop the station and after that again start local tarin service from this station.^[2]