Jawaharnagar railway station

Jawaharnagar
জহরনগর
Light rail station
Location Agartala - Shillong Road, Sikaribari, Dhalai District, Tripura
India
Coordinates 23°55′10″N 91°54′06″E / 23.9195°N 91.9016°E / 23.9195; 91.9016Coordinates: 23°55′10″N 91°54′06″E / 23.9195°N 91.9016°E / 23.9195; 91.9016
Elevation 102 metres (335 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Line(s) Lumding-Silchar
Platforms 1
Tracks 1
Connections Taxicab stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Yes
Disabled access
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code JWNR
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway Zone
Division(s) Lumding
Route map
Legend

Jawaharnagar railway station is a railway station located near Sikaribari of Dhalai district in Tripura.

Jurisdiction

It is belongs to the Lumding railway division of the Northeast Frontier Railway Zone of Dhalai district in Tripura. The station code is JWNR.[1]

Line

The station falls on the line between Lumding Junction and Silchar.[2]

International access

A proposal has been mooted to create a 256 kilometres (159 mi) railway line to Myanmar via Mizoram to join the Trans-Asian Railway network in 2013.[3] Also a new proposal of railway line to Dhaka has cropped up in 2015, connecting Myanmar via Sairang in Mizoram.[4] The proposed rail line once established will further connect to Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "System Map". Northeast Frontier Railway zone. Indian Railways. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "North East Frontier Railway Map" (PDF). Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region. Government of India. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Sujit, Chakraborty (16 September 2013). "India's northeast to be linked to Trans-Asian Railway Network". Business Standard. Agartala. IANS. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Prabin, Kalita (15 February 2015). "Core Euro-Asia rail route may skip Assam, Manipur". The Times of India. Guwahati. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tripura seeks access to Trans-Asian Network". The Assam Tribune. Agartala. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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