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Changrabandha is a railway station serving Changrabandha in Mekhliganj CD block, Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]
History
The Lalmonirhat–Malbazar metre-gauge line was developed by the Bengal Dooars Railway in the closing years of the nineteenth century.[3] With the partition of India in 1947, the Indian side of the line terminated at Changrabandha and the Pakistani side, later Bangladeshi side, at Template:Stnlnk.[4]
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.[5] There is a train from New Cooch Behar to Siliguri Jn via Changrabandha.[6]
The Bangladeshi side of the line is still functional.[7][8] The Karotua Express runs daily between Burimari and Template:Stnlnk. There are 2 commuter trains daily between Burimari and Lalmonirhat.[9]
References
- ↑ Introducing Burimari. lonely planet. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ Bengal Dooars Railway. Fibis. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ Geography – International. IRFCA. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ↑ Train running on the newly converted New Mal Junction-Changrabandha to start. North East Frontier Railway. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ↑ 75714 New Cooch Behar-Siliguri Jn DEMU (via Changrabandha). IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ↑ Lalmonirhat-burimari Route -45 trains derail in 5 months – Lack of sleepers, stone makes the run-down track risky(7 February 2009). Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ↑ Tk 14,531 crore BR projects to double capacity. Priyo Internet Life. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ↑ Inter-city trains from Lalmonirhat. Bangladesh Railway. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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