Bairabi railway station explained

Bairabi
Type:	Indian Railways station
Style:	Indian Railways
Address:	National Highway, Kolasib, Mizoram
Coordinates:	24.196°N 92.5412°W
Line:	Bairabi Sairang Railway Katakhal–Bairabi line
Other:	Auto stand
Elevation:	48m (157feet)
Structure:	Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:	3
Levels:	At ground
Tracks:	4
Parking:	No
Bicycle:	No
Opened:	1899 ^[1]
Closed:	2013
Rebuilt:	2016
Electrified:	No
Accessible:	Yes
Code:	BHRB
Owned:	Indian Railways
Zone:	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Status:	Operational single line diesel broad gauge

Bairabi railway station serves Bairabi city in Kolasib district, Mizoram. Its code is BHRB. The station consists of 3 platforms. Bairabi is one of the railhead of Mizoram and connected with a broad-gauge line. The 84.25 km broad-gauge railway line from to, was completed on 21 March 2016.^[2]

Future development plans

• Bairabi Sairang Railway is a proposed railway line from Bairabi station to Sairang railway station near Aizawl with an estimated cost of Rs 2,384 crore.^[3] An estimated of land is required for the construction of long Bairabi-Sairang rail line. The Bairabi-Sairang rail link will require construction of 130 bridges, 23 tunnels and four stations namely Hortoki, Kawnpui, Mualkhang and Sairang.^{[4] [5]} The cost of Construction from Bairabi to Sairang is estimated at 2384 Crores.^[6] As of August 2019, the 60% work is complete, and the revised expected deadline is December 2021.
• Future line development plan entails extending the line from Aizawl to south to Zochawchhuah (India)-Zorinpui (Myanmar) on the India–Myanmar border, from where it will then be extended to 90 km-long "Sittwe-Kyaukhtu railway to connect it to Sittwe Port as part of Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project. "Zochawchhuah(Zorinpui)-Sairang railway" in India, survey for the 375 km line rail line from Sairang (Aizawl) to Hmawngbuchhuah on border near Zochawchhuah–Zorinpui was completed in August 2017 and it will be constructed in future phase.^[7] Kyaukhtu–Zorinpui railway line is 200 km long planned but not yet surveyed line.
• Other future extension spur is from Aizawl to east of Zokhawthar. Future line development plan entails extending the line from Imphal to Moreh on the India–Myanmar border, from where it will then be extended to the existing railhead at Kalay (also called Kale and Kalemyo) in Myanmar to form part of the ambitious Trans-Asian Railway.

See also

• Rail transport in India

External links

• • Ministry of Indian Railways, Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Metre-gauge railway line fades into history after 115 years . 5 October 2014 . Deccan Herald . 25 August 2018 . (Dead link, July 2., 2020)
2. News: Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years. 21 March 2016. Indian Express. March 21, 2016. Samudra Gupta. Kashyap.
3. Web site: Bairabi-Sairang BG rail link . The Assam Tribune . 24 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324040216/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=jun2515%2Foth058 . 24 March 2016 .
4. News: PTI. Broad gauge track project in Mizoram. https://archive.today/20130126055457/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/broad-gauge-track-project-in-mizoram-to-be-over-by-march/776596.html. dead. 26 January 2013. 13 August 2012. CNN IBN Live.
5. News: Binding India with ribbons of steel. RC Acharya. March 21, 2016. 21 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401181518/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/binding-india-with-ribbons-of-steel/227857/. 1 April 2016. dead.
6. Web site: Bairabi-Sairang rêl kawng siam March 2020-ah zawh tum a ni . 10 March 2017 . Vanglaini.org . lus.
7. http://www.powerupconstruction.com/indias-north-east-opensthe-gateway-to-prosperity/ India's north east opened up