Cooch Behar State Railway

Railway in West Bengal, India

Cooch Behar State RailwayIndustry| Railways

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Founded| 1894
Headquarters|

Cooch Behar

India

Area served

| Koch Bihar
Services| Rail transport

Cooch Behar
State Railway

Legend

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|  | Jayanti
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|  | Buxa
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|  | Rajabhatkhawa
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|  | Damanpur
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|  | Alpurduar
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|  | Kaljani River
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|  | Baneswar
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|  | Cooch Behar
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|  | Torsa River
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|  | Torsa
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|  | Dewanhat
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|  | Bhitaguri
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|  | Dinhata
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|  | Chawrahat
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|  | Falimari
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|  |  | Bamanhat

to Golokganj
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|  | Gitaldaha
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|  | Gitaldaha Ghat
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|  | Dharla River
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|  | to Lalmonirhat
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Cooch Behar State Railway (CBSR) was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway from Jayanti to Lalmonirhat in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## History

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Nripendra Narayan, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, established Cooch Behar State Railway in 1893–98.[1] After some deliberations and discussions with the British authorities about their plans, it was decided in 1891–92 to build 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 connecting Dhubri with Lalmonirhat, now in Bangladesh. The line was constructed with the following stations: Torsa, Dewanhat, Chawrahat, Gitaldaha and Gitaldaha Ghat. It was opened for goods traffic from 15 September 1893 and for passenger traffic from 1 March 1894.[1] Cooch Behar town was connected after a bridge was built on the Torsa and the line was extended to Alipurduar, Buxa and Jayanti near the India–Bhutan border. The complete line measuring 53.5 miles was opened in 1901. It was converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre gauge in 1910. The railway system was operated by Eastern Bengal Railway.[1][2][3] In 1932, only two trains ran on the route – one in the morning and the other in the evening.[1] In the early 1950s, the system was amalgamated with Indian Railways as a part of North Eastern Railway (now Northeast Frontier Railway).[4]

## Conversion to broad gauge

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The line was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2007.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "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. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
2. ^ "Cooch Behar Railway". fibis. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
3. ^ "IR History: Part III (1900-1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
4. ^ Banerjee, Ajai. "Zonal Reorganization of IR Since Independence". IRFCA. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
5. ^ 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.

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rail transport|

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* Kolkata Monorail
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Under revival|

* Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway
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* Howrah
* Malda
* Sealdah

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East Central|

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* Sambalpur
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* Varanasi

Northeast Frontier|

* Katihar
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South Eastern|

* Adra
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* Ranchi

Production units/
workshops|

* Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
* Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
* Braithwaite & Co.
* Burn Standard Company Limited
* Bharat Wagon and Engineering
* Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
* Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut

Transit points
with Bangladesh|

| Active|

* Haldibari–Chilahati
* Singhabad–Rohanpur
* Radhikapur–Biral
* Gede–Darshana
* Petrapole–Benapole

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Defunct|

* Mahisasan–Shahbajpur
* Changrabandha–Burimari
* New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

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near India–Nepal border|

* Raxaul Junction
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* Indian Branch Railway Company
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See also|

* Bholu (mascot)
* Suburban rail in India

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Cooch Behar district topics

General|

* Cooch Behar Airport
* Cooch Behar Palace
* Dooars
* India–Bangladesh enclaves
* Jagaddipendra Narayan
* Cooch Behar
* Cooch Behar State
* Kamata Kingdom
* Khen dynasty
* Koch dynasty
* North Bengal
* Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
* Madhupur Satra
* Rajpat
* Kamteswari temple
* Baneswar Shiva temple

Subdivisions|

* Cooch Behar Sadar
* Dinhata
* Mathabhanga
* Tufanganj
* Mekhliganj

Community development
blocks|

| Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision|

* Cooch Behar I
* Cooch Behar II

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Dinhata subdivision|

* Dinhata I
* Dinhata II
* Sitai

Mathabhanga subdivision|

* Sitalkuchi
* Mathabhanga I
* Mathabhanga II

Tufanganj subdivision|

* Tufanganj I
* Tufanganj II

Mekhliganj subdivision|

* Mekhliganj
* Haldibari

Rivers|

* Dharla
* Raidak
* Teesta
* Torsa

Transport|

* NH 17
* New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
* Cooch Behar State Railway

Railway stations|

* Bamanhat
* Cooch Behar
* New Gitaldaha
* New Cooch Behar Junction

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Cooch Behar
* Alipurduars (one assembly segment)
* Jalpaiguri (one assembly segment)

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Mekliganj
* Mathabhanga
* Cooch Behar Uttar
* Cooch Behar Dakshin
* Sitalkuchi
* Sitai
* Dinhata
* Natabari
* Tufanganj

Educational institutions|

* Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University
* Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
* Tufanganj Government Polytechnic
* JNV Cooch Behar
* Cooch Behar GEC
* Netaji Subhas Mahavidyalaya

See also|

* Cities and towns in Cooch Behar district
* People from Cooch Behar district
* Villages in Cooch Behar district

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