Bamanhat railway station
Bamanhat | |||||||||||
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| Location |
Village: Bamanhat, PS: Dinhata, Distt: Cooch Behar, West Bengal India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°04′14″N 89°35′10″E / 26.0706°N 89.5862°ECoordinates: 26°04′14″N 89°35′10″E / 26.0706°N 89.5862°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | ? | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Not required | ||||||||||
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| Station code | BXT | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | North East Frontier Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Alipurduar | ||||||||||
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| Previous names | Eastern Bengal Railway | ||||||||||
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  Location of Bamanhat railway station in West Bengal | |||||||||||
Bamanhat railway station serves Bamanhat in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Before partition of India in 1947, there was a rail link to Lalmonirhat Junction, now in Bangladesh, through Geetaldaha and Mogalhat. Even in 1955 the line was there when there were talks between India and Pakistan for resumption of rail links.[1][2] Up to the 1960s there was a railway link from Cooch Behar to Dhubri via Golokganj. It was then known as the Assam Line Railway Service. The links were disturbed with bridges being washed away. The entire area had metre gauge tracks.[3] Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge in 2007.[4] The Alipuduar-Bamanhat branch line up to Geetaldaha was earlier part of Cooch Behar State Railway. The Geetaldaha-Bamanhat sector was part of what was called the Assam Line Railway Service.
Station
It is located near the India-Bangladesh border and handles around 15,000 passengers daily.[5]
References
- ↑ "Geography - International". IRFCA. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Agreement between Government of Pakistan and Government of India regarding resumption of rail traffic (1955)". India Treaty Series. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "Dhubri-Bengal Link Soon". The Telegraph. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Rail Enquiry". Retrieved 5 February 2013.
