Kishanganj railway station serves Kishanganj city in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is one of the important railway station, as it lies on the important railway lines, they are Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line, Katihar–Siliguri line, and Barauni–Guwahati line. The famous Gaisal train disaster occurred at Gaisal railway station near Kishanganj.

History

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway extended its 2 ft (610 mm)-wide narrow-gauge line from Siliguri to Kishanganj in 1915. In 1948–50, the Kishanganj branch of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was taken over for the purpose of completing the Assam Rail Link project, converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge and connected to the North Eastern Railway network at Barsoi. The railway lines in the area started being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from the early 1960s.

Amenities

Kishanganj railway station has the following amenities: computerized railway reservation system, waiting room, free google wifi, retiring room vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment room, bookstall and Government Railway Police (G.R.P) office.

Platforms

Kishanganj has two platforms and one under construction, one for Up and other for Down trains. A small platform is used for goods unloaded from freight trains. All the platforms are well connected with two foot overbridge (FOB).

Trains

Originating train

1. Kishanganj - Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express

Halting trains

1. New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
2. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)
3. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)
4. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)
5. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Agartala Humsafar Express
6. New Jalpaiguri - Howrah AC Superfast Express
7. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Agartala AC Superfast Express
8. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
9. Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
10. New Jalpaiguri - MGR Chennai Central Superfast Express
11. New Jalpaiguri - Sealdah Superfast Darjeeling Mail
12. New Jalpaiguri–New Delhi Superfast Express
13. New Jalpaiguri–Amritsar Karmabhoomi Express
14. New Jalpaiguri - Udaipur City SF Express
15. New Jalpaiguri - Digha Paharia Express
16. New Jalpaiguri - Sealdah Padatik Superfast Express
17. New Jalpaiguri - Ranchi Weekly Express
18. New Jalpaiguri -Rajendra Nagar Capital Express
19. New Jalpaiguri–Malda Town Express
20. New Jalpaiguri - Sitamarhi Express
21. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express
22. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express
23. Silchar–Secunderabad Express
24. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
25. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
26. New Tinsukia–Chennai Tambaram Express
27. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
28. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express
29. Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
30. Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati
31. Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North
32. Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express
33. Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
34. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
35. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
36. New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Weekly Express
37. Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
38. Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express
39. Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express
40. Guwahati - Bikaner Express
41. Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
42. Guwahati - Barmer Express
43. Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express
44. Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
45. Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
46. Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
47. Guwahati–Rajendra Nagar Capital Express
48. Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express.
49. Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express
50. Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
51. Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail
52. Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express
53. Kamakhya - Ranchi Express
54. Kamakhya - Puri Express via Howrah
55. Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
56. Kamakhya–Gaya Express
57. Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express
58. Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
59. Kamakhya - Pune Express
60. Alipurduar - Delhi Mahananda Express
61. Alipurduar - Sealdah Kanchan Kanya Express
62. Alipurduar - Secunderabad Express
63. New Alipurdiar - Sealdah Teesta Torsha Express
64. Dibrugarh - Deogarh Express
65. Bamanhat - Sealdah Uttar Banga Express
66. Kolkata - Haldibari Tri-Weekly Express
67. Kamakhya-Patna Capital Express
68. Siliguri Junction-Balurghat Express
69. Siliguri - Radhikapur Express
70. Siliguri Town - Jogbani Intercity Express
71. Siliguri Junction-Katihar Express