Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line

Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line
Metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) (1910–2007)
Electrification	Yes
Operating speed	100 Km/Hr
Route map Legend km New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line 0 Alipurduar Junction New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala line 3 Alipurduar Court 5 Alipurduar Kaljani River 15 Baneswar New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Cooch Behar–Changrabandha line 23 New Cooch Behar Junction New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line 27 Cooch Behar Torsa River 37 Dewan Hat 41 Bhetaguri 48 Dinhata College Halt 50 Dinhata 57 Falimari closed MG section 65 Gitaldaha Junction 67 Gitaldaha Ghat India Bangladesh border ( broken bridge over Dharla River ) 68 Mogalhat Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line 62 New Gitaldaha 67 Abutara Halt 72 Bamanhat closed MG section India Bangladesh border 80 Bhurungamari 84 Pateswari Dudhkumor River 91 Sonahat Bangladesh India border Dudhkumor River closed MG section New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line 97 Golokganj to Fakiragram to Dhubri & Jogighopa km

The Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line is an Indian railway line connecting Alipurduar Junction with Bamanhat. This 72-kilometre (45 mi) track is under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway.

History

Cooch Behar State Railway

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With the partition of India in 1947, the Assam links to Bengal were snapped. Further the Gitaldaha–Mogalhat rail transit point became defunct as floods washed away the railway bridge over Dharla River. The 72 kilometres (45 mi) Alipurduar–Bamanhat section and the 47.7 kilometres (29.6 mi) Fakiragram-Golakganj section were cut off as well and became isolated metre gauge sections. As a part of the Assam Link project a 301.8 kilometres (187.5 mi) line was constructed between Kishanganj and Fakiragram in 1948. Thus these 2 sections became branch lines. Fakiragram was connected with a new 57.6 kilometres (35.8 mi) line via Boxirhat to New Coochbehar in 2010-12.

Gauge conversion

The Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line was converted from metre gauge to

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