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{{Other uses|Gede (disambiguation){{!}}Gede}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>{{font color|blue|Gede}}
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station <br/>[[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] station
| style = Kolkata Suburban Railway
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = Gede, [[Nadia district|Nadia]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.492040|N|88.787378|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = 15 metres
| line =
| other =
| ADA = Not available
| bicycle = Not available
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 3
| tracks = 3
| parking = Available
| opened = 1962
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1997–98
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = GEDE
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Sealdah}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Gede
| map_size = 300
| services = {{s-rail|title=Kolkata Suburban Railway}}
{{s-line|system=Kolkata Suburban Railway|previous= Harish Nagar Halt|next= |line=Eastern |branch= [[Lalgola and Gede branch lines|Gede line]]|type=Sealdah |rows1=1}}
| route_map = {{Lalgola and Gede branch lines}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Gede''' is the last railway station on the Indian side of the [[Bangladesh–India border]] in [[Krishnaganj (community development block)|Krishnaganj CD Block]] in [[Nadia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is {{stnlnk|Darshana}}. It is the terminal station on the [[Sealdah]]–Gede section of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/6796|title=Gede railway station|website=India Rail Info}}</ref> There is a [[border checkpoint]] at [[Gede, Nadia|Gede]].

==History==
Gede was one of the stations on the Sealdah–[[Goalundo Ghat|Goalundo]] route of [[East Bengal Railway]]. With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, it became a border town. Thereafter there were three trains from Sealdah running into [[East Pakistan]]: the [[East Bengal Express]], the [[East Bengal Mail]] and the [[Barisal Express]]. The services all ceased after the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. Freight trains ran on [[Petrapole]]–[[Benapole]], Gede–Darshana and [[Singhabad]]–Rohanpur lines off and on since 1972 after the [[Bangladesh Liberation War#Declaration of independence|independence of Bangladesh]], and more regularly after transport agreements were signed by the two countries in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2008/apr/16/front.html |title=Train links Dhaka, Kolkata |access-date=2009-08-15 |publisher=New Age, 16 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421193817/http://www.newagebd.com/2008/apr/16/front.html |archive-date=21 April 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref>[[Radhikapur]]–Birol section was another section for movement of goods traffic. As of 2002, the Gede-Darshana section accounted for the bulk of the exports handled by the [[Indian Railways]] (both the [[Eastern Railway (India)|Eastern Railway]] and the [[Northeast Frontier Railway]] together) for Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/06/03/stories/2002060300650600.htm
|title = Poor facilities railroad Petrapole-Benapole traffic | access-date = 2009-08-15 | last =Santanu | first = Santanu | work=The Hindu Business Line|date=3 June 2002}}</ref>

A direct train between Dhaka and Kolkata, named [[Maitree Express]] (Maitree is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning friendship) commenced on 14 April 2008. The train is managed by [[Indian Railways]] and [[Bangladesh Railway]]. The approximate distance covered by Maitree Express is estimated at around {{convert|375|km}}, a stretch of {{convert|114|km}} in India and a stretch of {{convert|261|km}} in Bangladesh. The train follows the border point route at Gede–Darshana. The train runs on Saturdays and Sundays every week.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://railways.headlinesindia.com/international-railway.html |title=International Trains from India |access-date=2009-08-15 |publisher=railwaysheadlinesindia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322002442/http://www.railways.headlinesindia.com/international-railway.html |archive-date=22 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> Passengers of the Maitree Express are irked by the five-hour wait for immigration and customs clearance at the border stations of Darshana and Gede.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=36932
|title = Dhaka–Kolkata Train Service – Long waits for customs job discouraging passengers | access-date = 2009-08-15 | last =Ashraf| first =Shamim | work = The Daily Star | date=14 August 2009}}</ref>

==Trans-Asian Railway==
Currently, all freight traffic originating from Asia destined for Europe goes by sea. The [[Trans-Asian Railway]] will enable containers from Singapore, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Korea to travel over land by train to Europe. The Southern Corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway is of prime interest to India. It connects [[Yunnan]] in China and [[Thailand]] with Europe via Turkey and passes through India.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://streamlinesupplychain.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/trans-asian-railways-tar/|title = Trans-Asian Railway| publisher= Streamline Supply Chain| access-date = 2011-12-22 }}</ref>

The proposed route will enter India through [[Tamu, Burma|Tamu]] and Moreh in [[Manipur]] bordering [[Myanmar]], then enter [[Bangladesh]] through [[Mahisasan]] and Shabajpur and again enter India from Bangladesh at Gede. On the western side, the line will enter Pakistan at [[Attari]]. There is a {{convert|315| km}} missing link on this route in the India–Myanmar sector; of this, {{convert|180|km}}, in India, is between [[Jiribam]] in Manipur and [[Tamu, Burma|Tamu]] in Myanmar. The rail link between Jiribam and [[Imphal]] has been sanctioned by Indian Railways, but that is unlikely to be completed before 2016. At present construction work is in progress in a {{convert|97|km}} stretch between Jiribam and Tupul.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lawrkhawm.com/index.php?page=475 | title = Agreement on Trans-Asian railway passing through Manipur signed | publisher = Larkhawm | access-date = 2011-12-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426065804/http://www.lawrkhawm.com/index.php?page=475 | archive-date = 26 April 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://hindu.com/2007/07/01/stories/2007070150650900.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070812093328/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/01/stories/2007070150650900.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 August 2007 |title =India signs accord on trans-Asian railway network |date=1 July 2007| work = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 2011-12-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=129648&date=2011-03-18 | title = B'desh segment of TAR route preparation shows progress | work = Financial Express|date=18 March 2011 | access-date = 2011-12-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140219111626/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=129648&date=2011-03-18 | archive-date = 19 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110226/jsp/frontpage/story_13637652.jsp |title = Manipur gets rail gift for Trinamul bypoll win – Tall promises of connecting all capitals of region leaves Northeast industry captains unimpressed | work= The Telegraph|date=26 February 2011 | access-date = 2011-12-22 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}
{{Kolkata Suburban Railway, Eastern}}
{{Nadia topics}}
{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{India–Bangladesh land border checkpoints}}

[[Category:Bangladesh–India border crossings]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Nadia district]]
[[Category:Sealdah railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1862]]
[[Category:Kolkata Suburban Railway stations]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in India]]

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>Feroze Ahmad 2 at 18:08, 7 May 2021