Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction railway station
railway station in West Bengal, India
Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction (Code: RQJ) is a railway station and railway junction in Raninagar, which is the Industrial Town in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India. It serves the Indian city of Jalpaiguri. The station code is RQJ. It has two platforms.
It lies in the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section under Katihar division of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone.
Branch line to Haldibari begins here.
Trains
Halting Trains - 10
6 Passenger Trains and 2 Local Trains and 2 Express trains stop at this station .
55749/50 New Jalpaiguri Haldibari Passenger.
55750/51 Haldibari New Jalpaiguri Passenger
75721/22 Haldibari Siliguri Junction DEMU Passenger.
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