Haldibari railway station - Revision history

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	'''Haldibari railway station''' serves [[Haldibari, West Bengal\|Haldibari]] town in [[Cooch Behar district]] of the Indian State of [[West Bengal]] . It is ~~a defunct~~ railway transit point on the [[Bangladesh–India border]].		'''Haldibari railway station''' serves [[Haldibari, West Bengal\|Haldibari]] town in [[Cooch Behar district]] of the Indian State of [[West Bengal]] . It is an active railway transit point on the [[Bangladesh–India border]].

	==History==		==History==
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	==Haldibari–Chilahati==		==Haldibari–Chilahati==
	There ~~are~~ proposals to reoperationalise the Haldibari–Chilahati section. Bangladesh Railway ~~will have~~ to construct 7.5 kilometres of new rail tracks from {{stnlnk\|Chilahati}} to reach the border while the Indian authorities ~~have~~ to set up 4.5 kilometres of tracks from its border to Haldibari railway station.<ref name=priyo/>		There 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 name=priyo/>

	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><ref>[http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/communication/2018/09/18/new-project-to-revamp-bangladesh-s-rail-link-with-darjeeling New project to revamp Bangladesh's rail link with Darjeeling], ''Dhaka Tribune'', September 18, 2018, accessed October 3, 2019</ref>		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><ref>[http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/communication/2018/09/18/new-project-to-revamp-bangladesh-s-rail-link-with-darjeeling New project to revamp Bangladesh's rail link with Darjeeling], ''Dhaka Tribune'', September 18, 2018, accessed October 3, 2019</ref>

	The re-~~launch~~ of ~~India–Bangladesh~~ cross-border ~~rail route will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi~~ and ~~his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on 17 December 2020.~~		The Haldibari-Chilahati link was relaunched on 1 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://indbiz.gov.in/relaunching-of-indo-bangladesh-train-link-to-further-connectivity-and-cross-border-trade/ \| title = Relaunching of Indo-Bangladesh train link to further connectivity and cross-border trade\| publisher = Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India \| accessdate = 24 August 2021}}</ref>

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| name = Haldibari
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
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| address = Haldibari, Distt:Cooch Behar, West Bengal, PIN 735122
| country = India
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| elevation = {{convert|76|m|ft}}
| line = [[Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line]]
| other =
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| platform = 2
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| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
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| former = [[Bengal Assam Railway]]
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{{New Jalpaiguri–Haldibari line|collapse=y}}
'''Haldibari railway station''' serves [[Haldibari, West Bengal|Haldibari]] town in [[Cooch Behar district]] of the Indian State of [[West Bengal]] . It is a defunct railway transit point on the [[Bangladesh–India border]].

==History==
During the British period all connections from southern parts of Bengal to North Bengal were through the eastern part of Bengal. From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, was in two laps. The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the [[Padma River]], then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey. A 336 km metre-gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri.<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 = 2013-03-04}}</ref>

The 1.8 km long [[Hardinge Bridge]] across the Padma came up in 1912. In 1926 the metre-gauge section north of the bridge was converted to broad gauge, and so the entire Calcutta – Siliguri route became broad-gauge.<ref name=njp/> The route thus ran: [[Sealdah]]–[[Ranaghat]]–[[Bheramara Upazila|Bheramara]]–[[Hardinge Bridge]]–[[Iswardi]]–[[Santahar]]–{{stnlnk|Hili}}–[[Parbatipur Junction|Parabtipur]]–[[Nilphamari Sadar Upazila|Nilphamari]]-Haldibari-[[Jalpaiguri]]–[[Siliguri Town railway station|Siliguri]].

With the [[partition of India]], this track got trisected. The through route was formally closed after the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|India–Pakistan War in 1965]].<ref name=priyo>{{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= 2013-03-04 |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>

The Siliguri–Haldibari, part of the original broad gauge Calcutta–Siliguri track via Hardinge Bridge, got delinked from the trunk route in 1947. As all the other tracks in the area were metre gauge, it was converted from broad gauge to metre gauge in the late forties. When New Jalpaiguri railway station came up, the line was extended to New Jalpiguri. When broad-gauge lines were laid in the area, it was reconverted to broad gauge and now functions as the [[Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line]].<ref name=njp/>

==Haldibari–Chilahati==
There are proposals to reoperationalise the Haldibari–Chilahati section. Bangladesh Railway will have to construct 7.5 kilometres of new rail tracks from {{stnlnk|Chilahati}} to reach the border while the Indian authorities have to set up 4.5 kilometres of tracks from its border to Haldibari railway station.<ref name=priyo/>

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><ref>[http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/communication/2018/09/18/new-project-to-revamp-bangladesh-s-rail-link-with-darjeeling New project to revamp Bangladesh's rail link with Darjeeling], ''Dhaka Tribune'', September 18, 2018, accessed October 3, 2019</ref>

The re-launch of India–Bangladesh cross-border rail route will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on 17 December 2020.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/haldibari-hdb/1601 Departures from Haldibari railway station]

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