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The '''Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line''' connecting {{stnlnk|Haldibari}} in [[Cooch Behar district]] and {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri}} in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], was since 1878 a part of the Kolkata–Siliguri broad-gauge route. With the partition of India in 1947, while the main part of the route lay in Pakistan, later Bangladesh, the two ends of the route lying in India were detached. (For more details see [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]]). However, the route continued to be operational till the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. Thereafter, the route had been closed till its reopening in 2020. The rest of the line had been in use in the respective countries.<br />
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==Gauge changes==<br />
The Silguri–Haldibari line has gone through two successive gauge changes. As most other railway tracks in the area were [[metre gauge]], the line was converted from {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] to metre gauge in 1949. Then in the 1960s, when broad gauge was introduced in the area, the line was converted back to broad gauge and connected to the new station at [[New Jalpaiguri]].<ref name=njp>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html|title = India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri | publisher= IRFCA|access-date = 2011-11-12 }}</ref><br />
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==Haldibari–Chilahati==<br />
The Haldibari-Chilhati section was reopened on 17th December, 2020. The railway link was inaugurated by the Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]] and his Bangladeshi counterpart [[Sheikh Hasina]], in a virtual bilateral summit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Number of rail links between India-Bangladesh rises to five: Haldibari-Chilahati railway line inaugurated|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/number-of-rail-links-between-india-bangladesh-rises-to-five-haldibari-chilahati-railway-line-inaugurated/2152339/|access-date=18 December 2020|website=Financial Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/chilahati-haldibari-rail-route-between-india-and-bangladesh-reopens-after-55-years/cid/1800934 | title= Chilahati-Haldibari rail route opens afer 55 years |publisher= The Telegraph, 20 December 2020| access-date = 20 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ndtv.com/business/haldibari-chilahati-railway-line-india-bangladesh-reopen-cross-border-route-after-55-years-2340419 | title= Haldibari-Chilahati Rail Link: India, Bangladesh Reopen Cross-border route after 55years |publisher=NDTV Profit, 18 December 2020| access-date = 20 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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There earlier were proposals to reoperationalise the Haldibari–Chilahati section. Bangladesh Railway had to construct 7.5 kilometres of new rail tracks from {{stnlnk|Chilahati}} to reach the border while the Indian authorities had to set up 4.5 kilometres of tracks from its border to Haldibari railway station.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/11/27/new-rail-transit-route-thru-in-43288.html |title = New rail transit route thru India gets govt nod |publisher = Priyo Internet Life |access-date = 2011-11-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130608063635/http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/11/27/new-rail-transit-route-thru-in-43288.html |archive-date = 8 June 2013 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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In the Joint Statement issued on the occasion of the visit of the Prime Minister of India to Bangladesh, on 7 September 2011, it was stated: " Bangladesh Prime Minister expressed her appreciation to the Indian Prime Minister for amendment of the MoU between the Bangladesh and Indian Railways allowing Rohanpur-Singabad as an additional route for both bulk and container cargo for Nepalese rail transit traffic. Bangladesh side also appreciated the assistance from India for the movement of fertilizers from Bangladesh to Nepal by rail route. They also agreed to re-establish rail connections between Chilahati–Haldibari and Kulaura–Mahishashan in the spirit of encouraging revival of old linkages and transport routes between the two countries."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/5147/Joint+Statement+on+the+occassion+of+the+visit+of+the+PM+of+India+to+Bangladesh |title = Joint Statement on the occasion of the visit of the PM of India to Bangladesh, 7 September 2011| work = Item No. 40 | publisher = Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India | access-date = 2013-03-04}}</ref><br />
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Bangladesh started export of fertilizer to Nepal utilizing the Rahanpur–[[Singhabad]] transit point in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/07/11/bangladesh-export-nepal-thru-i-31397.html | title = Bangladesh export to Nepal thru India resumes tomorrow | publisher = Priyo Internet Life | access-date = 2011-11-12 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406181147/http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/07/11/bangladesh-export-nepal-thru-i-31397.html | archive-date = 6 April 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=mou>{{cite web | url = http://meaindia.nic.in/mystart.php?id=290018198 |title = Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding between Bangladesh and india to facilitate overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal| access-date = 2009-12-08 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* All trains from New Jalpaiguri to Haldibari [http://d.indiarailinfo.com/search/new-jalpaiguri-njp-to-haldibari-hdb/444/1601] <br />
* All trains from Haldibari to New Jalpaiguri [http://d.indiarailinfo.com/search/haldibari-hdb-to-new-jalpaiguri-njp/1601/444]<br />
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