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	==History==		==History==
	[[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built a {{RailGauge\|2ft6in}}-wide [[narrow-gauge railway]] from the southern bank of the [[Torsa River\|Torsa]] opposite Cooch Behar town to [[Gitaldaha railway station\|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 {{RailGauge\|1000mm}}-wide [[metre gauge]] in 1910.<ref name=cbsrly>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/cooch-behar-railway.html\|title = The Cooch Behar State Railways (1903)\|work= "The Cooch Behar state and its land revenue settlements" by H. N. Chaudhuri, Cooch Behar State Press, 1903 – Review by R Sivaramakrishnan \| publisher= [[IRFCA]]\| access-date = 2013-02-19 }}</ref> Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to {{~~RailGauge~~\|~~1676mm~~}}~~-wide~~ [[~~Indian gauge\|~~broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways \| first = V.P. \| last = Srivastava \| access-date = 2013-02-21 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| archive-date = 30 March 2014 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>		[[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built a {{RailGauge\|2ft6in}}-wide [[narrow-gauge railway]] from the southern bank of the [[Torsa River\|Torsa]] opposite Cooch Behar town to [[Gitaldaha railway station\|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 {{RailGauge\|1000mm}}-wide [[metre gauge]] in 1910.<ref name=cbsrly>{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/cooch-behar-railway.html\|title = The Cooch Behar State Railways (1903)\|work= "The Cooch Behar state and its land revenue settlements" by H. N. Chaudhuri, Cooch Behar State Press, 1903 – Review by R Sivaramakrishnan \| publisher= [[IRFCA]]\| access-date = 2013-02-19 }}</ref> Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to {{Track gauge\|5ft6in\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways \| first = V.P. \| last = Srivastava \| access-date = 2013-02-21 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf \| archive-date = 30 March 2014 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	==Railway heritage museum==		==Railway heritage museum==

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Cooch Behar
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Coochbehar Railway Station.JPG
| image_caption = Coochbehar railway station
| address = Cooch Behar, West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.31871|89.45631|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|42|m|ft}}
| line = [[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line|Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line]]
| other =
| structure = At Ground
| platform = 1
| tracks =
| parking = Available
| opened = 1901
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = COB
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Alipurduar}}
}}
| owned =
| operator =
| status =
| former = [[Cooch Behar State Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label =
}}

'''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 {{RailGauge|2ft6in}}-wide [[narrow-gauge railway]] from the southern bank of the [[Torsa River|Torsa]] opposite Cooch Behar town to [[Gitaldaha railway station|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 {{RailGauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre gauge]] in 1910.<ref name=cbsrly>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/cooch-behar-railway.html|title = The Cooch Behar State Railways (1903)|work= "The Cooch Behar state and its land revenue settlements" by H. N. Chaudhuri, Cooch Behar State Press, 1903 – Review by R Sivaramakrishnan | publisher= [[IRFCA]]| access-date = 2013-02-19 }}</ref> Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to {{RailGauge|1676mm}}-wide [[Indian gauge|broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways | first = V.P. | last = Srivastava | access-date = 2013-02-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | archive-date = 30 March 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://coochbeharcalling.blogspot.in/2011/03/construction-of-railway-heritage-museum.html |title = Construction of Railway Heritage Museum starts| publisher= Cooch Behar Calling| access-date = 2013-02-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101121/spectrum/main1.htm |title = Track Record| last=Bora|first= Bijay Sankar|work=The Tribune, 21 November 2010 | access-date = 2013-02-19 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Cooch Behar topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Alipurduar railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:1901 establishments in India]]
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