Cooch Behar railway station
Cooch Behar | |
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Indian Railways station | |
Location | Cooch Behar, West Bengal India |
Coordinates | 26°19′07″N 89°27′23″E / 26.31871°N 89.45631°ECoordinates: 26°19′07″N 89°27′23″E / 26.31871°N 89.45631°E |
Elevation | 42 metres (138 ft) |
Line(s) | Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line |
Platforms | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At Ground |
Parking | Available |
Other information | |
Station code | COB |
Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway |
Division(s) | Alipurduar |
History | |
Opened | 1901 |
Previous names | Cooch Behar State Railway |
Location | |
Cooch Behar Location in West Bengal |
Cooch Behar railway station (also referred to as Old Cooch Behar railway station) serves Cooch Behar in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History[]
Cooch Behar State Railway built a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)-wide narrow-gauge railway from the southern bank of the Torsa opposite Cooch Behar town to Gitaldaha, a station on the tracks of Eastern Bengal Railway in 1894. Cooch Behar town was connected in 1901 after a bridge was built on the Torsa. It was converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre gauge in 1910.[1] Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2007.[2]
Railway heritage museum[]
The more than a century old Cooch Behar railway station has been accorded a heritage status and a new building was built to accommodate a Railway Heritage Museum.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "The Cooch Behar State Railways (1903)". "The Cooch Behar state and its land revenue settlements" by H. N. Chaudhuri, Cooch Behar State Press, 1903 – Review by R Sivaramakrishnan. . Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ "Construction of Railway Heritage Museum starts". Cooch Behar Calling. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Bora, Bijay Sankar. "Track Record". The Tribune, 21 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
External links[]
Cooch Behar travel guide from Wikivoyage
Preceding station | Indian Railways | Following station | ||
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New Cooch Behar toward ? | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | toward ? |
- Alipurduar railway division
- Railway stations in Cooch Behar district
- 1901 establishments in India
- Cooch Behar
- West Bengal railway station stubs