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{{Infobox station
| name = Bairabi
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| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
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| address = [[National Highway (India)|National Highway]], [[Kolasib]], [[Mizoram]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{coord|24.1960|92.5412|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Bairabi Sairang Railway]]<br /> [[Katakhal–Bairabi line]]
| other = Auto stand
| elevation = {{convert|48|m|ft}}
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 3
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| levels = At ground
| tracks = 4
| parking = No
| bicycle = No
| opened = 1899 <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/434208/metre-gauge-railway-line-fades.html | title=Metre-gauge railway line fades into history after 115 years | date=5 October 2014 | newspaper=Deccan Herald | access-date=25 August 2018 }} (Dead link, July 2., 2020)</ref>
| closed = 2013
| rebuilt = 2016
| electrified = No
| ADA = Yes
| code = BHRB
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]]
| status = Operational single line diesel {{track gauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
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'''Bairabi railway station''' serves [[Bairabi]] city in [[Kolasib district]], [[Mizoram]]. Its code is '''BHRB'''. The station consists of 3 platforms. Bairabi is one of the railhead of [[Mizoram]] and connected with a [[broad-gauge]] line. The 84.25 km broad-gauge railway line from {{stnlnk|Katakhal Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Bairabi}}, was completed on 21 March 2016.<ref name=IE1>{{cite news| url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/sanctioned-in-2000-broad-gauge-train-reaches-mizoram-after-16-years/| title=Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years| access-date=21 March 2016| website=Indian Express| date=March 21, 2016| first=Samudra Gupta| last=Kashyap}}</ref>

==Future development plans==
* [[Bairabi Sairang Railway]] is a proposed railway line from Bairabi station to [[Sairang]] railway station near [[Aizawl]] with an estimated cost of [[Rupee|Rs]] 2,384 [[crore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=jun2515/oth058 |title=Bairabi-Sairang BG rail link |website=The Assam Tribune |date=24 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324040216/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=jun2515%2Foth058 |archive-date=24 March 2016 }}</ref> An estimated {{convert|28|ha}} of land is required for the construction of {{convert|51|km}} long Bairabi-Sairang rail line. The Bairabi-Sairang rail link will require construction of 130 bridges, 23 tunnels and four stations namely Hortoki, Kawnpui, Mualkhang and Sairang.<ref>{{cite news| author=PTI| title=Broad gauge track project in Mizoram| url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/broad-gauge-track-project-in-mizoram-to-be-over-by-march/776596.html| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126055457/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/broad-gauge-track-project-in-mizoram-to-be-over-by-march/776596.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=26 January 2013| access-date=13 August 2012| website=CNN IBN Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Binding India with ribbons of steel| author=RC Acharya| date=March 21, 2016| url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/binding-india-with-ribbons-of-steel/227857/| access-date=21 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401181518/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/binding-india-with-ribbons-of-steel/227857/| archive-date=1 April 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> The cost of Construction from Bairabi to Sairang is estimated at 2384 Crores.<ref>{{cite web| title=Bairabi-Sairang rêl kawng siam March 2020-ah zawh tum a ni| url=https://www.vanglaini.org/tualchhung/68253| website=Vanglaini.org| access-date=10 March 2017| language=hi}}</ref> As of August 2019, the 60% work is complete, and the revised expected deadline is December 2021.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
* Future line development plan entails extending the line from Aizawl to south to Zochawchhuah (India)-Zorinpui (Myanmar) on the [[India–Myanmar border]], from where it will then be extended to 90 km-long "Sittwe-Kyaukhtu railway to connect it to [[Sittwe Port]] as part of [[Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project]]. ''"Zochawchhuah(Zorinpui)-[[Sairang]] railway"'' in India, survey for the 375 km line rail line from [[Sairang]] (Aizawl) to [[Hmawngbuchhuah]] on border near Zochawchhuah–Zorinpui was completed in August 2017 and it will be constructed in future phase.<ref name=railline1>[http://www.powerupconstruction.com/indias-north-east-opensthe-gateway-to-prosperity/ India's north east opened up], PowerUpConstruction.Com</ref> Kyaukhtu–Zorinpui railway line is 200 km long planned but not yet surveyed line.
* Other future extension spur is from Aizawl to east of [[Zokhawthar]]. Future line development plan entails extending the line from Imphal to [[Moreh, India|Moreh]] on the [[India–Myanmar border]], from where it will then be extended to the existing railhead at [[Kalay]] (also called Kale and Kalemyo) in Myanmar to form part of the ambitious [[Trans-Asian Railway]].

==See also==

* [[Rail transport in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IndiaRailInfo|9493}}
*[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/ Ministry of Indian Railways, Official website]
{{Railway stations in Mizoram}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Kolasib district]]
[[Category:Lumding railway division]]

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