New Cooch Behar Junction railway station explained



Native Name:নিউ কোচবিহার
Type:Express train, Passenger train & Freight train station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Cooch Behar, West Bengal
Country:India
Elevation:46m
Line:
Other:Auto-rickshaw, E-rickshaw
Structure:Standard on Ground
Platform:7
Tracks:12
Parking: Available
Bicycle: Available
Opened:1966
Electrified: Yes (2021)
Accessible: Yes
Operator:Northeast Frontier Railway
Status:Functioning
Former:Assam Bengal Railway
Passengers:40K/Day
Map Type:India West Bengal
Mapframe:Yes

New Cooch Behar junction railway station is the main railway station in the district of Cooch Behar.

It serves Cooch Behar city of the district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies under Alipurduar railway division.

It is a junction station on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of the Barauni–Guwahati line, New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line and Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line of Northeast Frontier Railway zone.

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.[1]

New Cooch Behar station came up when the broad gauge New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line was laid in 1966.[2]

Before partition there was a railway link from to via and . Some part of this route passed through Bangladesh, between 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.[3] Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via Cooch Behar was introduced in February 2012.[4] A new railway link from New Cooch Behar to New Jalpaiguri via Mathabhanga opened shortly.

Facilities

The entire compound of New Cooch Behar Railway Station is equipped with free high-speed Wi-Fi services provided by RailTel. New facilities include a Food Lounge, Air-Conditioned Dormitory and an Air-Conditioned Waiting Hall.[5] The station has a One Station One Product outlet offering handmade jewellery, jute products and handloom textiles to provide a market for local and indigenous products.[6]

To increase mobility among passengers especially physically challenged passengers, elevators have been installed in Platform 1, 2, 3 and 4. An escalator has also been installed in Platform 1 connecting to the foot overbridge.

Toilets are now equipped with modern sanitary fittings and have exclusive facilities for male, female and physically challenged. There are numerous Pay-and-Use Toilets in the station.[7] Special Waiting halls for ladies have also been built.

IRCTC offers online booking of Dormitory rooms and also allows online food ordering. There are over bridges connecting the different platforms. There are displays all over the railway station and numerous food and magazine vendors in every platform.

Electrification

The Union Minister of Railways announced a long electrified section between New Jalpaiguri to New Cooch Behar. Northern Frontier Railways has made a significant achievement in providing a pollution-free green mode of transport as electrification of total of track has been completed during the financial year 2020–21, despite the COVID-19 epidemic, railway electrification work in various sections of the North Frontier Railway was being done rapidly. The Electrification was inspected by the Commissioner of Railway Safety of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. Test runs have been conducted in early 2021. As of September 2021, the station is fully electrified and electric trains are operational.[8]

Major trains

  1. New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
  2. Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express[9]
  3. Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Humsafar Express[10]
  4. Naharlagun - New Delhi AC Superfast Express
  5. Agartala - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express
  6. Kamakhya - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal AC Superfast Express
  7. Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  8. Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  9. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express[11]
  10. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[12]
  11. Silchar–Secunderabad Express
  12. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[13]
  13. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
  14. Dibrugarh–Amritsar Express
  15. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
  16. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[14]
  17. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[15]
  18. Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
  19. Kamrup Express[16]
  20. Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express[17]
  21. Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
  22. Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
  23. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
  24. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[18]
  25. New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
  26. New Tinsukia–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
  27. New Tinsukia–Tambaram Express[19]
  28. Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express[20]
  29. Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express[21]
  30. Guwahati - Bikaner Express[22] [23]
  31. Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
  32. Guwahati - Barmer Express
  33. Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express[24]
  34. Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express[25]
  35. Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
  36. Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
  37. Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express[26]
  38. Kamakhya–Gandhidham Superfast Express
  39. Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
  40. Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail[27]
  41. Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
  42. Kamakhya–Gaya Express
  43. Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
  44. New Alipurduar - Sealdah Padatik Superfast Express
  45. Silchar-Trivandrum Superfast Express[28]
  46. Bamanhat - Sealdah Uttar Banga Express[29]
  47. New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
  48. New Alipurdiar - Sealdah Teesta Torsha Express[30]
  49. Dibrugarh - Deogarh Express

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Railway History timeline . R.P. Saxena . 2011-12-10 . dead . https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm . 14 July 2012 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Some Milestones of NF Railway . 2012-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125914/http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/pro/CPRO1.HTM . 24 November 2011 .
  3. Web site: Dhubri-Bengal Link Soon. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124406/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111229/jsp/northeast/story_14936704.jsp . dead . 13 April 2014 . The Telegraph. 29 December 2011. 2012-02-02 .
  4. Web site: Two new trains flagged off. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144040/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120212/jsp/northeast/story_15123443.jsp#.UYzeD0qDet8 . dead . 13 April 2014 . The Telegraph. 12 February 2012 . 2012-05-10 .
  5. Web site: 2021-02-21. West Bengal: Piyush Goyal dedicates projects to improve rail infrastructure. 2021-11-07. mint. en.
  6. Web site: 728 Railway stations are covered with 785 One Station One Product outlets in 21 States and 3 Union Territories across the country . 2023-10-20 . pib.gov.in.
  7. News: 10 July 2015. Renovation of 'Pay and Use' toilet at New Cooch Behar station complete. 19 September 2021. Economic Times.
  8. News: 22 February 2021. NFR: Electrification of New Jalpaiguri-New Coochbehar section commissioned. Rail Post. 19 September 2021.
  9. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia). indiarailinfo.com.
  10. Web site: SMVT Bangalore-Agartala Humsafar Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  11. Web site: Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  12. Web site: Silchar-Coimbatore Express. confirmtkt.com.
  13. Web site: Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  14. Web site: Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar. indiarailinfo.com.
  15. Web site: 15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT). indiarailinfo.com.
  16. Web site: Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati. indiarailinfo.com.
  17. Web site: Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  18. Web site: Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  19. Web site: New Tinsukia–Tambaram Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  20. Web site: Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Lohit Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  21. Web site: Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt Kaziranga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  22. News: Train without engine travels 20 km in Barmer . India Today . Sudhanshu . Mishra . 25 March 2013 . 19 July 2022.
  23. http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bihar-1-injured-2-coaches-guwahati-bikaner-express-derails-659231 Bihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck
  24. Web site: Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  25. Web site: 15647/Mumbai LTT - Guwahati Express (Via Malda Town) (PT). indiarailinfo.com.
  26. Web site: 15655/Kamakhya - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  27. Web site: Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail. indiarailinfo.com.
  28. Web site: Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  29. Web site: Sealdah Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  30. Web site: Teesta Torsha Express. indiarailinfo.com.

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