Raxaul Junction railway station

Raxaul Junction railway station (station code: RXL), is a main railway station in East Champaran district, Bihar. It serves Raxaul city and also as gateway to Nepal as the most important station on the Indo-Nepal border. The station consists of three platforms.

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.Railways in Nepal

Lines and location The station is situated on the Delhi–Gorakhpur–Raxaul–Muzaffarpur–Kolkata lines. Earlier, all tracks were metre gauge but most have been converted to 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 Mithila Express Sadbhavna Express Hyderabad–Raxaul Express Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - Kamakhya Express

See also Bhikhna Thori railway station

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