Cooch Behar railway station
Cooch Behar railway station (also referred to as Old Cooch Behar railway station) serves Cooch Behar in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Cooch Behar | |
|---|---|
| Indian Railway Station | |
 Coochbehar Railway Station | |
| Location | Cooch Behar, West Bengal India |
| Coordinates | 26.31871°N 89.45631°E |
| Elevation | 42 metres (138 ft) |
| Line(s) | Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At Ground |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Station code | COB |
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway |
| Division(s) | Alipurduar |
| History | |
| Opened | 1901 |
| Previous names | Cooch Behar State Railway |
| Location | |
  Cooch Behar Location in West Bengal  Cooch Behar Location in India | |
History
Cooch Behar State Railway built a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) wide narrow gauge railway from the southern bank of the Torsa opposite Cooch Behar town to Gitaldaha, a station on the tracks of Eastern Bengal Railway in 1894. Cooch Behar town was connected in 1901 after a bridge was built on the Torsa. It was converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge in 1910.[1] Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 2007.[2]
Railway heritage museum
The more than a century old Cooch Behar railway station has been accorded a heritage status and a new building was built to accommodate a Railway Heritage Museum.[3][4]
References
- "The Cooch Behar State Railways (1903)". "The Cooch Behar state and its land revenue settlements" by H. N. Chaudhuri, Cooch Behar State Press, 1903 – Review by R Sivaramakrishnan. IRFCA. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- "Construction of Railway Heritage Museum starts". Cooch Behar Calling. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- Bora, Bijay Sankar. "Track Record". The Tribune, 21 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
External links
| Preceding station | Indian Railway | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
New Cooch Behar | Northeast Frontier Railway zone Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line | Dewanhat |
