75707 Radhikapur to New Jalpaiguri, and 75708 New Jalpaiguri to Radhikapur train will run regularly from February 13.

75707,RADHIKAPUR-NEWJALPAIGURI DEMU

N.B : 75707 Radhikapur to New Jalpaiguri will not run on Sunday.

75708, NEWJALPAIGURI-RADHIKAPUR DEMU

N.B : 75708 New Jalpaiguri to Radhikapur will not run on Saturday

Train Route:

Radhikapur-Kaliyaganj (13 KM)- Raiganj (33 KM)- Barsoi 54 KM
Barsoi – Kishanganj (112 KM) – Aluabari Road (142KM) *
Aluabari Road – Thakurganj (162 KM) – Bagdogra (208 KM) – Siliguri Jn (218KM)
Siliguri Jn – Jew Jalpaiguri (223 KM)

* Train will change normal Barsoi-NJP route here. In place of going through Dhulabari, Dumdangi, Nijbari, Rangapani route it will go through Thakurganj Galgalia, Naksalbari, Bagdogra, Siliguri Jn, Jew Jalpaiguri rout.

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Our ‘Express’ train is breaking all records of speed. It took 6 hours to reach Ragainj from Malda on 7th January. 110KM in 6hrs ~ 18KM/hr. In school days my bicycle was faster than this..

One of our site visitor from Delhi sent me a message that he wants to visit Raiganj Kulick forest but don’t know how to reach there. He knows that nearest airport is Bagdogra but he will prefer to reach here by train route.

So this post is the reply that I sent him. I thought posting it here will also help many tourists.

There is a train which runs between Delhi and Raiganj. It is 5716 GARIB NAWAJ EXP (Slip Route) Which runs on Monday only.

Here is short time table 5716 (GARIB NAWAJ EXP)
Delhi 20.40 (Monday)
HAJIPUR JN > 17.20 (Tuesday)
Katihar -> 01.30 (Wed)
Raiganj -> 02.28 (Wed/Slip Route)
Radhikapur -> 03.30

This train takes too much time (30 hours ). There are many other trains like North East Express (2506) , Mahananda Express (4084), etc which stops at Barsoi station which is just 19KM away from Raiganj Town.

A new time table has been implemented from 1st November 2009, but our demand of changing time table of Radhikapur Kolkata Express train is again neglected.

RAIGANJ, Feb. 18: Their is no relief in sight for passengers waiting for trains at the Raiganj railway station in North Dinajpur district. Passenger waiting rooms have been locked up for the past two years. Also, during power cuts darkness prevails in the platform as there is no backup, encouraging crime in the area. But inspite of all problems, Railway authorities are yet to take any action.
One of the members of Zonal railway users consultative committee of N F Railway, Mr T K Chaudhury said: “The station has become very busy in the past two years since the introduction of both Delhi and Kolkata bound trains from here. Passengers have to wait for hours in Raiganj station to board trains. There is no place to rest in case they feel unwell. Women especially are the worst affected.”
To add to passenger woes, Delhi bound Radhikapur Express arrives at Raiganj around 2.45 a.m on Wednesday. People who stay far off from Raiganj face a lot of problem in reaching home as no public transport is available during that time. In such cases they have to spend the night on the platform in the absence of a waiting room.
When contacted, the Superintendent of Raignaj station Mr M M Dutta said: “Waiting rooms were locked as there was no furniture there. Also we do not have a back-up during power-cuts. “The problems of passengers, however, have been reported to our higher officials.”

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43 New trains announced in this budge but we did not get anything new.  We were exacting at least a new train for Siliguri and return of our Seemanchal express.

Let’s wait for next year