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{{Infobox station
| name = Jiribam
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| address = [[Jiribam]], [[Jiribam district]], [[Manipur]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|24.794|N|93.0996|E|format=dms}}
| elevation = {{convert|36|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line = [[Katakhal–Jiribam–Imphal line]]
| other =
| platform = 1
| tracks = 3
| opened = 1903
| electrified = No
| code = {{Indian railway code| code = JRBM| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway]]| division = {{rwd|Lumding}}
}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| map_dot_label = '''Jiribam railway station'''
| map_size = 250
| map_type = India Manipur
| map_caption = Location in manipur
}}

'''Jiribam railway station''' serves [[Jiribam]] town and belongs to the Lumding railway division of [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]. It is the first railway station in the state of [[Manipur]], India.

==History==

The Jiribam rail ink was a part of rail link to [[Assam]] for tea transportation in the early 20th century. It was constructed by [[Assam Bengal Railway]]. With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, portions of the Bengal Assam Railway which lay in Assam and the Indian part of North Bengal became Assam Railway. [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railway]] was formed in 1952 by amalgamating Assam Railway with [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] and the [[Fatehgarh Sahib district|Fatehgarh]] district of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]. [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]] was formed out of North Eastern Railway in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/engir/History1.htm |title=History |publisher=Northeast Frontier Railway |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032906/http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/engir/History1.htm |archivedate= 2 May 2014 }}</ref>

The portion of the system which fell within the boundary of East Pakistan was named as [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]. On 1 February 1961, Eastern Bengal Railway was renamed as Pakistan Railway and in 1962 it became [[Pakistan Eastern Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railway.gov.bd/history.asp |title=History |publisher=Bangladesh Railways |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115201005/http://www.railway.gov.bd/history.asp |archivedate=15 November 2007 }}</ref> With the emergence of Bangladesh, it became [[Bangladesh Railway]].<ref name=banglapaedia>{{cite book |last=Fida |first=Quazi Abul |year=2012 |chapter=Railway |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

After the independence of Pakistan on 15 August 1947 the broad-gauge portion of the Bengal-Assam Railway, lying in India was added to the [[East Indian Railway]] and the metre-gauge portion became the Assam Railway,<ref>Rao, M.A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.39</ref> with its headquarters at Pandu. On 14 April 1952, the 2857 km long Assam Railway and the Oudh and Tirhut Railway were amalgamated to form one of the six newly formed zones of the [[Indian Railways]]: the [[North Eastern Railway zone]].<ref name=r>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm |title=Chapter 1 – Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background |publisher=Ministry of Railways, India website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601024404/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm |archivedate= 1 June 2009 }}</ref><ref>Rao, M. A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, pp.42-3</ref> On the same day, the reorganized Sealdah division of the Bengal Assam Railway (which was added to the East Indian Railway earlier) was amalgamated with the [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternrailwaysealdah.gov.in/WebForm/FrameContent/Engineering.html |title=Sealdah division-Engineering details |publisher=The Eastern Railway, Sealdah division |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215161611/http://www.easternrailwaysealdah.gov.in/WebForm/FrameContent/Engineering.html |archivedate=15 February 2012 }}</ref>

In December 2009, work on gauge conversion from [[Silchar]] to [[Jiribam]] started which was finished in early 2016 and goods services resumed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story51494/imphal-jiribam-railway-line-first-locomotive-test-run-held.html |title=Test run on Jiribam–Imphal line |publisher=ANI news |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225010302/http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story51494/imphal-jiribam-railway-line-first-locomotive-test-run-held.html |archivedate=25 February 2015 }}</ref>

==Train services ==

Freight trains started to run on the Silchar–Jiribam segment from 21 March 2016.

Passenger services started on 27 May 2016 and one pair of [[Silchar–Jiribam Passenger]]
(55665/55666) is running on this section between Silchar and Jiribam.

Union railway minister [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]] flagged off the [[Jan Shatabdi Express]] between [[Agartala Railway Station]] and Jiribam railway station connecting two northeastern states, [[Tripura]] and [[Manipur]] on 8 January 2022.

==Under construction projects ==

[[Imphal railway station#Jiribam|Jiribam–Imphal line]] is likely to be completed by December 2023 as per August 2021 status update,<ref name=railne1>[https://assamtribune.com/north-east/imphal-4th-capital-city-in-ne-to-come-on-railway-map-within-27-months-1203016 Imphal, 4th capital city in NE, to come on railway map within 27 months], Assam Tribune, 13 Sep 2021.</ref> which will be extended to [[Moreh, India|Moreh]] on the [[India–Myanmar border]] and then to [[Kalay]] (also called Kale and Kalemyo) in Myanmar to form part of the ambitious [[Trans-Asian Railway]].

==See also==

* [[Lumding railway division]]
* [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IndiaRailInfo|9435}}

{{Railway stations in Manipur}}

[[Category:Lumding railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Imphal East district]]

Jiribam railway station - Revision history

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