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Adding local short description: "Railway Station in West Bengal, India", overriding Wikidata description "Railway Station in West Bengal, India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = New Cooch Behar
| type = [[Indian Railways|Indian Railway]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = New Coochbehar Railway Station.jpg
| image_caption = New Cooch Behar station
| address = Cooch Behar, [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.35291|N|89.46955|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation =
| line = [[Barauni–Guwahati line]]<br>Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line
| other =
| structure =
| platform = 7{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}
| tracks = 8
| parking = Available
| opened = 1966{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = yes ( 2021 )
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = NCB
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Alipurduar}}
}}
| owned =
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| mapframe =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label =
}}
{{New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section|collapse=y}}
{{New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar Line|collapse=y}}

[[New Cooch Behar]] is a [[Junction station]] on the [[Barauni–Guwahati line]] of [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]. It serves [[Cooch Behar]] city in [[Cooch Behar district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
Cooch Behar had its first railway when [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] constructed the narrow gauge [[Geetaldaha]]-Jainti line in 1901. It was subsequently on the metre gauge Alipurduar-Bamanhat-Golokganj line. When Assam Link Project constructed the link through North Bengal, it used the longer [[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line]].<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |access-date=2011-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

New Cooch Behar station came up when the broad gauge [[New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section]] of [[Barauni–Guwahati line]] was laid in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/pro/CPRO1.HTM |title=Some Milestones of NF Railway |access-date=2012-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125914/http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/pro/CPRO1.HTM |archive-date=24 November 2011 }}</ref>

==New Cooch Behar–Golokganj==
Before partition there was a railway link from {{stnlnk|Cooch Behar}} to {{stnlnk|Dhubri}} via {{stnlnk|Gitaldaha}} and {{stnlnk|Golokganj}}. Some part of this route passed through Bangladesh, between {{stnlnk|Bamanhat}} and Golokganj. There were two stations Pateswari and Sonahat which were in Bangladesh, these functioned even after partition. However, the collapse of the rail-cum-road bridge over the Gadadhar in the seventies ended that link. Now the bridge has been rebuilt and a new broad-gauge track has been laid, under New Maynaguri-Jogighopa Rail Project, via Tufangunj and Boxirhat, entirely through Indian territory.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111229/jsp/northeast/story_14936704.jsp |title= Dhubri-Bengal Link Soon|work=The Telegraph|date=29 December 2011| access-date=2012-02-02 }}</ref> Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via Cooch Behar was introduced in February 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120212/jsp/northeast/story_15123443.jsp#.UYzeD0qDet8 |title = Two new trains flagged off| work= The Telegraph|date=12 February 2012 | access-date = 2012-05-10 }}</ref> A new railway link from New Cooch Behar to New Jalpaiguri via Mathabhanga opened shortly.

[[File:New Cooch Behar-Station.jpg|thumb|right|New Coochbehar in 2010]]

==References==
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{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|line=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|previous= Baneswar |next= Cooch Behar|branch= [[Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line]]|rows1=1}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|line=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|previous=Chapaguri |next= Maradanga|branch= [[New Maynaguri–Jogighopa line]]|rows1=1}}
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{{Cooch Behar topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:Alipurduar railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1966]]
[[Category:Transport in Cooch Behar]]

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