Raxaul Junction railway station

Raxaul Junction railway station is a main railway station in East Champaran district, Bihar. Its code is RXL. It serves Raxaul city and also as gateway to Nepal as the most important station on the Indo-Nepal border. The station consists of five platforms.^[1]

Raxaul Junction
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Station Road, Raxaul, near Birgunj a border city of Nepal. East Champaran, Bihar India
Coordinates	26.9868°N 84.8447°E / 26.9868; 84.8447
Elevation	88 metres (289 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Central Railway zone
Line(s)	Raxaul–Sagauli line Raxaul–Narkatiaganj line Raxaul–Birgunj (Inland Container Depot) line Raxaul–Sitamarhi line
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Connections	Auto stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	RXL
Zone(s)	East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Samastipur
History
Opened	1927
Electrified	Yes
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History

Raxaul–Amlekhganj line was constructed in 1927. It was Nepal's first railway line. Narrow-gauge line of 48 km was closed in 1965 as new line was constructed to Inland Container Depot at Sirsiya near Birgunj and was opened in 2005.^[2]

Lines and location

The station is situated on the Delhi–Gorakhpur–Raxaul–Muzaffarpur–Kolkata lines.^[3][4] Earlier, all tracks were metre gauge but most have been converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. After the completion of the gauge conversion from Darbhanga to Raxaul via Sitamarhi, another broad-gauge route to Raxaul became available from March 2014.

Major trains

Some of the important trains that runs from Raxaul are :

• Satyagrah_Express
• Howrah-Raxaul_Express

See also

• Bhikhna Thori railway station