Siliguri has three rail stations. The NJP Station which is arguably the most important station in the entire north east, the Siliguri Junction and the Siliguri Town Station.

The NJP Station
The NJP or New Jalpaiguri rail station is about 5 km away from the centre of the town. The station is has broad gauge and narrow gauge rail lines. All trains between north east of India and the rest of the country must pass throughNJP station. The station connects with almost all the major towns of the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Patna, Lucknow, Guwahati and other major towns of the country. The station is also the originating  point for the UNESCO world heritage `toy train` of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways.

Siliguri Junction
Close to the Tenzing Norgey Bus Terminus on the Hill Cart Road, this is the second most important station in Siliguri. This is the terminal station for many trains connecting to Calcutta and other parts of the country. The station is also unique for having all the three types of rail tracks Broad gauge, Meter gauge and Narrow gauge.

Town Station
Siliguri Town Station has great historical significance. In the pre independence era this was the major rail station for the region. Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Bagha Jatin, all traveled through this station at onepoint of time or the other. Today the station is in a dilapidated state. The are few passenger trains traveling through this station and the platforms are often occupied by the antisocial especially after sunset. Despite several promises to improve its state, the railways is yet to take concrete measures to improve the status of this station. The station is located at the heart of the town. The connecting rail line divides the town into North and South. Trains passing through this station has been the cause for long delays and traffic jams in the town. A flyover has been built next to the station in recent time to avoid traffic snarl.