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Akhaura–Agartala line is a railway line between Bangladesh and India. [1] The railway line is a pivotal achievement for both countries. It has several benefits including, boosting tourism in the North East of India, reducing travel time from Kolkata-Agartala from 38 hours to a mere 10 hours by rail, reducing cost of cargo transport to and from Bangladesh and the North East of India ...
While this article may not list all railway lines of India, the most significant ones which have a dedicated Wikipedia article are listed here. The article's regional sections are divided according to India's zonal councils. The lines that fall in both regions are placed in the section of the region which has majority of the line lying within it.
Crossing Point (India) Crossing Point (Bangladesh) Status Current train services Historical train services Ref Gede, West Bengal: Darshana: Active Maitree Express and freight trains: East Bengal Express, East Bengal Mail [1] Petrapole, West Bengal: Benapole: Active Bandhan Express and freight trains: Barisal Express [1] Singhabad, West Bengal ...
On 28 October 2017, Bangladesh Railway Minister Mujibal Haque said that India and Bangladesh are working on reconnecting railway lines in 12 places, which were cut off after partition of the country in 1947. India sponsored rail bridges on Titas and the Bhoirab rivers in Brahmanbaria district of his country were completed. [17]
Tickets are available at Khulna railway station in Bangladesh and at Chitpur Station in Kolkata, India. The train service is currently paused indefinitely due to political upheaval in Bangladesh since July-August 2024. The commercial run of this train was suspended in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. However, the train ...
In the Central section, Petrapole railway station was created as the terminus on the Indian side while the Benapole railway station became the terminus in the East Pakistani side of the line. [22] All the railway lines east of Hooghly, south of Lalgola and west of East Pakistan that were under EBR were reorganised to be under the Sealdah division.
Together with the Maitree Express train and the Bandhan Express train, the Mitali Express train is the third modern-day fully air conditioned passenger train link between the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. Both the prime ministers of the two neighbouring countries officially inaugurated the non-stop passenger train with ten ...
Burimari (Bengali: বুড়িমারী) is a border railway station in Bangladesh, situated in Lalmonirhat District, in Rangpur Division. It is a land border crossing point and a defunct railway transit point on the Bangladesh-India border. The corresponding point on the Indian side is Changrabandha in Cooch Behar district. [1]