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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name          = Changrabandha
| type          = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style         = Indian Railways
| image         = 
| image_size    = 
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| address       = [[Changrabandha]], [[Mekhliganj (community development block)|Mekhliganj]], [[Cooch Behar district]], [[West Bengal]]
| country       = India
| coordinates   = {{Coord|26.4131|N|88.9193|E|format=dms|display=title,inline}}
| elevation     = 
| line          = [[New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line]]
| other         = 
| structure     = 
| platform      = 2
| tracks        = 5
| entrances     = 
| parking       = Yes
| baggage_check = 
| opened        = 
| closed        = 
| rebuilt       = 
| electrified   = no
| ADA           = 
| code          = {{Indian railway code
  | code = CBD
  | zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
  | division = Alipurduar
  }}
| owned         = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator      = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status        = Line converted to broad gauge
| former        = [[Bengal Dooars Railway]]
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| map_type      = India West Bengal
| map_caption   = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
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}}
{{Domohani-Lalmonirhat line|collapse=y}}
{{New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar Line|collapse=y}}
'''Changrabandha'''  is a railway station serving [[Changrabandha]] in [[Mekhliganj (community development block)|Mekhliganj]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]], [[Cooch Behar district]]  in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh/rajshahi-division/burimari | title = Introducing Burimari | publisher = lonely planet | access-date = 2011-12-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111221100220/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh/rajshahi-division/burimari# | archive-date = 21 December 2011 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-act/notifications/csnt63-94.htm |title=Notification No. 63/94-Cus. (N.T.) dtd 21/11/1994 with amendments - Land Customs Stations and Routes for import and export of goods by land or inland water ways |access-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128165640/http://www.cbec.gov.in/customs/cs-act/notifications/csnt63-94.htm |archive-date=28 January 2012 }}</ref>

==History==
The [[Lalmonirhat Junction|Lalmonirhat]]–[[Malbazar]] metre-gauge line was developed by the [[Bengal Dooars Railway]] in the closing years of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Bengal_Dooars_Railway |title = Bengal Dooars Railway | publisher= Fibis | access-date = 2011-11-20 }}</ref> With the partition of India in 1947, the Indian side of the line terminated at Changrabandha and the Pakistani side, later Bangladeshi side, at {{stnlnk|Burimari}}.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-inter.html |title = Geography – International | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref>

==Present status==
The line between New Mal Jn. and Changrabandha is now (2016) converted to broad gauge. The introduction of the train services were delayed as a result of delay in environmental clearance. However a pair of DMUs have been introduced on this route from Siliguri to Changrabandha via New Mal Jn from 20 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=947&did=1453121513595EACEB47E6F99B168A98BED1770B6B4D8.web91 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202073307/http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C4%2C268&dcd=947&did=1453121513595EACEB47E6F99B168A98BED1770B6B4D8.web91 |url-status=dead |archive-date= 2 February 2016 |title=Train running on the newly converted New Mal Junction-Changrabandha to start |publisher=North East Frontier Railway |access-date=20 January 2016 }}</ref> There is a train from New Cooch Behar to Siliguri Jn via Changrabandha.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-new-coochbehar-siliguri-jn-demu-via-changrabandha-75714/41895/551/445|title = 75714 New Cooch Behar-Siliguri Jn DEMU (via Changrabandha) | publisher= IndiaRailInfo | access-date = 19 May 2019}}</ref>

The Bangladeshi side of the line is still functional.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=74750 |title = Lalmonirhat-burimari Route -45 trains derail in 5 months – Lack of sleepers, stone makes the run-down track risky | work= The Daily Star|date=7 February 2009| access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/09/11/tk-14531-crore-br-projects-dou-36948.html | title = Tk 14,531 crore BR projects to double capacity | publisher = Priyo Internet Life | access-date = 2011-12-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406181312/http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/09/11/tk-14531-crore-br-projects-dou-36948.html# | archive-date = 6 April 2012 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The Karotua Express runs daily between Burimari and {{stnlnk|Lalmonirhat}}. There are 2 commuter trains daily between Burimari and Lalmonirhat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://railway.portal.gov.bd/site/page/948055fb-c62c-4059-9f0b-8cca63e00cda |title = Inter-city trains from Lalmonirhat| publisher= Bangladesh Railway| access-date =13 May 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Cooch Behar topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

{{Railways in Eastern India}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:Alipurduar railway division]]


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