Katihar railway division

Railway division of India

Katihar Railway Division
Overview
From top, left to right: Katihar DRM Office, Katihar Junction, New Jalpaiguri RS(under KIR division), Darjeeling Himalayan Railway(under KIR division),NG steam loco shed, Purnia Junction(Under KIR division)
Headquarters	Katihar, Bihar, India
Locale	West Bengal, Bihar
Dates of operation	15 January 1958; 66 years ago (1958-01-15)–
Technical
Track gauge	Broad Gauge Narrow Gauge
Previous gauge	Metre Gauge
Electrification	On construction
Other
Website	North East Frontier Railway website

Katihar railway division is one of the five railway divisions under Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 15 January 1958 and its headquarter is located at Katihar in the state of Bihar.

Alipurduar railway division, Lumding railway division, Tinsukia railway division and Rangiya railway division are the other four railway divisions under the NFR Zone headquartered at Maligaon, Guwahati.^[1] ^[2]

List of railway stations

The list includes the stations under the Katihar railway division and their station category.^[3]^[4]

Category of station	No. of stations	Names of stations
A-1 Category	2	New Jalpaiguri Katihar Junction
A Category	4	Purnia Junction Jalpaiguri Road Kishanganj Siliguri Junction
B Category	7	Samsi Harishchandrapur Dalkhola Labha Barsoi Old Malda Junction Jogbani Sudhani
C Category (Suburban station)	-	-
D Category	-	-
E Category	-	-
F Category Halt Station
Total	-	-

Stations closed for Passengers -

State Wise Route KMs

As of 31-03-2018
State	BG			MG	NG	Total KMs
State	Electrified	Non-Electrified	Sub-Total	MG	NG	Total KMs
Bihar	31.03	296.23	327.26	0.34	-	327.60
West Bengal	66.72	367.74	434.46	-	87.48	521.94
Total	97.75	663.97	761.72	0.34	87.48	849.54

References

^ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Katihar Railway Division". Railway Board. North Eastern Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation Of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.