Up to the sixties there was a railway link from Cooch Behar to Dhubri via Golokganj.
In pre-independence days, there was a metre gauge line: Kathar - Radhikapur - Biral - Parbatipur - Tista - Gitaldaha - Golokganj – Fakiragram.
In pre-independence days, a metre gauge line running via Radhikapur, Biral, Parbatipur, Tista, Gitaldaha and Golokganj connected Fakiragaram in Assam with Katihar in Bihar.