Tilakpur railway station explained
Tilakpur railway station is an intermediate station in Akkelpur Upazila of Joypurhat District, Bangladesh.
The north-south railway line between Chilahati and Sara (on the Padma River near Paksey) was constructed between 1874 and 1879.[1] Tilakpur station is south of Akkelpur and north of Santahar Junction.[2]
By 1892, a new station building at Tilakpur was in progress or complete.[3] The "low, squat building" was undamaged by the 1897 Assam earthquake.[4]
Sometime between 2008 and 2014, the station closed due a manpower shortage at Bangladesh Railway.[5] It remained closed in November, 2020.[6]
By early 2023 the station had reopened,[7] and late that year was being renovated.[8]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Brief History . Bangladesh Railway . https://web.archive.org/web/20111220203245/http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp . 20 December 2011.
- Book: 1913 . Bogra District . Bengal District Gazetteers . B . Calcutta . The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot . 26 . 10309766.
- Book: Sargeaunt, R. A. . 1892 . Administration Report on the Railways in India for 1891-92 . London . Her Majesty's Stationery Office . 29 . 941852656.
- Oldham . Richard Dixon . Richard Dixon Oldham . 1897 . Report of the Great Earthquake of 12th June, 1897 . Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India . XXIX . 280.
- News: bn:লোকবল সংকটে বন্ধ রেলের ১৬০টি স্টেশন . 160 railway stations closed due to manpower shortage . http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2016/11/12/115968.php . Bhorer Kagoj . 12 November 2016 . bn . https://web.archive.org/web/20200127051256/http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2016/11/12/115968.php . 27 January 2020.
- News: Manpower shortage hampers smooth train services in northern districts . The Financial Express . 23 November 2023.
- News: bn:আওয়ামী লীগের জনসভায় বিশেষ ট্রেন, নাটোরে যাত্রীদের ভোগান্তি . Special train to Awami League public meeting, passengers suffering in Natore . https://bangla.bdnews24.com/samagrabangladesh/1z602pt4lh . bdnews24.com . 29 January 2023 . bn.
- News: Rahman . Mostafizur . bn:দ্রুত গতীতে চলছে তিলকপুর রেলওয়ে স্টেশনের উন্নয়ন ও সংস্কার কাজ। . The development and renovation of Tilakpur railway station is proceeding rapidly . https://dailynayakontho.com/news/5422/ . Daily Naya Kontho . 4 November 2023 . bn.
