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{{Short description|Railway station on India-Bangladesh border}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Mahisasan
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
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| address = Mahisasan, [[Karimganj district]], [[Assam]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|24.825|N|92.291|E|format=dms}}
| elevation =
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| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| platform =
| tracks =
| parking =
opened = 1896-98
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
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| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
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| owned =
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| status = [[Mahisasan railway station#Metre gauge|Functioning]]
| former = [[Assam Bengal Railway]]
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| map_type = India Assam#India
| map_caption = Location in Assam##Location in India
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{{ Karimganj-Kulaura Line}}

'''Mahisasan''' is a border railway station and a defunct railway transit facility point on the India–[[Bangladesh]] border in [[Karimganj district]] in the Indian state of [[Assam]]. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Shahbajpur (also known as Latu) in [[Sylhet District]]. The border station is linked to [[Karimganj]] {{convert|11|km}} away. The Mahisasan–Shahbajpur route has not been operational since December 1996 due to lack of traffic.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=31026 |title = Rail Link with Bangladesh| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India|date=7 September 2007| access-date = 2011-12-22 }}</ref>

==History==
In response to the demand of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to [[Port of Chittagong|Chittagong port]], [[Assam Bengal Railway]] started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of [[Bengal]] in 1891. A {{convert|150|km}} track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895. The Comilla–Akhaura–Kulaura–Badarpur section was opened in 1896–1898 and finally extended to {{stnlnk|Lumding}} in 1903.<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><ref>{{cite web| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pL_GfLfK3lYC&pg=PA46 |title = Report on the administration of North East India (1921-22) |work= p. 46|year = 1984 | via=Google Books|publisher= Mittal Publishers Distributors | access-date = 2011-12-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7OsLGZKYP5MC&pg=PA105 |title = Socio Economic and Political Problems of Tea Garden Workers: A Study of Assam|publication-date=2006|isbn= 81-8324-098-4|page=105 | author1= S.N. Singh|author2=Amarendra Narain|author3=Purnendu Kumar|date = January 2006|publisher= Mittal Publications|location=New Delhi | access-date = 2011-12-16 }}</ref> Mahisasan was a station on this track. With the partition of India in 1947, it assumed importance as a border station.

==Broad gauge==
The [[Railway Budget]] for 2011–12 has approved the conversion of the metre-gauge Karimganj-Mahisasan section to broad gauge. Now this a broad-gauge single-track non-electrified line. Currently 2 passenger trains are running in this line from Silchar, [[Maishashan–Silchar Passenger]]

===Metre gauge===
Earlier it was functioning as a metre-gauge railway station, but after 2015, it was upgraded to BG.

==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>

There is a general understanding between India and Myanmar that their railways will be interconnected via a 346-km line section that will extend from [[Kalay]] in Myanmar to [[Jiribam]] in India via the border point at [[Tamu, Myanmar|Tamu]] / [[Moreh, India|Moreh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/TAR/text/tar_priority.pdf |title=Priority Investment Needs for the development of the Trans-Asian Railway Network |publisher=Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |access-date=2011-12-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120222326/http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/TAR/text/tar_priority.pdf |archive-date=20 January 2012 }}</ref>

The proposed route will enter India through [[Tamu, Burma|Tamu]] and Moreh in [[Manipur]] bordering [[Myanmar]], then enter [[Bangladesh]] through Mahisasan and Shahbajpur and again enter India from Bangladesh at [[Gede, Nadia|Gede]]. On the western side, the line will enter Pakistan at [[Attari]]. There is a {{convert|315|km|adj=on}} missing link on this route in the India–Myanmar sector; of this, {{convert|180|km}}, in India, is between [[Jiribam]] in Manipur and 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 }}</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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110226/jsp/frontpage/story_13637652.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110301105820/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110226/jsp/frontpage/story_13637652.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 1 March 2011 |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==
{{reflist}}

{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{Railway stations in Assam}}

[[Category:Bangladesh–India railway border crossings]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Karimganj district]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1898]]

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Zachary99B at 10:49, 19 February 2026