New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station

NEW JALPAIGURI Jn. নিউ জলপাইগুড়ি জংশন
Express train and Passenger train station
New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station board
General information
Location	New Jalpaiguri Road, Bhaktinagar, Siliguri-734004, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	26°40′57″N 88°26′38″E / 26.68250°N 88.44389°E / 26.68250; 88.44389
Elevation	114.00 metres (374.02 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)
Line(s)	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line, Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line, New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line Barauni–Guwahati line New Jalpaiguri-New Bongaigaon line
Platforms	8 (6 Broad Gauge/2 Narrow Gauge)
Tracks	45
Connections	Cabs, Taxi, Auto-rickshaw, E-rickshaw
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	Yes[1]
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NJP
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Division(s)	Katihar
History
Opened	1960; 64 years ago (1960)[2]
Electrified	Yes[3](July 2020)
Passengers
22M/Year	60K/Day ( high)
Location New Jalpaiguri railway station Location in West Bengal Interactive map

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

v t e Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Legend
Darjeeling Bazaar 0 km 0 mi Darjeeling Batasia Loop (Loop Nº 5) 7 km 4 mi Ghum Jor Bungalow Rongbull 16 km 10 mi Sonada Dilaram 24 km 15 mi Tung 31 km 19 mi Kurseong Kurseong steam shed 38 km 24 mi Mahanadi Zig zag Nº 6 44 km 27 mi Gayabari Agony Point (Loop Nº 4) 50 km 31 mi Tindharia Tindharia workshops (P.M.O.) Zig zag Nº 3 Zig zag Nº 2 Chunbhatti Loop Nº 3 Zig zag Nº 1 (opened 1942) Loop Nº 2 (removed 1942) 62 km 39 mi Rangtong Hill Cart Road Loop Nº 1 (removed 1991; repl. w/ longer route) Hill Cart Road  Mahananda Sanctuary Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary   Hill Cart Road 70 km 43 mi Sukna NH 31 80 km 50 mi Siliguri Junction 80 km 50 mi Siliguri Junction Mahananda River Burdwan Road Vivekananda Road Hill Cart Road/St. Feeder Road 83 km 52 mi Siliguri Town Bagrakote level crossing broad gauge lines 88 km 55 mi New Jalpaiguri elev. 100 metres (330 ft) (opened 1964) broad gauge lines

New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station (station code NJP)^[4] established in 1960,^[5] is an A1 category^[6] broad-gauge and narrow-gauge railway station under Katihar railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. It is the largest and the busiest railway junction of northern Bengal. This junction is largest among the railway stations which serve the city of Siliguri, the largest metropolis of the North Bengal. The other stations are- Siliguri Junction, Gulma, Bagdogra, Matigara, Rangapani and Siliguri Town. New Jalpaiguri junction ranked 10th cleanest railway station in India in 2016 survey^[7] and came among the top 100 booking stations of Indian railway.^[8] New Jalpaiguri, as a railway station serves as the entry point to North Bengal, Sikkim, other countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the seven northeastern states (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya). New Jalpaiguri Junction acts as a connecting base of railways for the northeastern states to the Indian mainland.