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The New Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar broad-gauge line was built as an extension as a part of the New Maynaguri–Jogighopa rail line to provide an alternate link from North Bengal to Assam and was opened to public on 21 February 2016. [4]
Eastern Bengal and Assam possessed one of the most fertile lands in the British Empire. The eastern Bengal delta was the rice basket of the Indian subcontinent. It produced 80% of the world's jute, and dominated supply in the once thriving global jute trade. The Assam and Sylhet Valleys were home to the largest tea plantations in the world, and ...
Assam Bengal Railway started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of Bengal in 1891. A 150 kilometres (93 mi) track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895. The Comilla-Akhaura-Kulaura-Badarpur section was opened in 1896–1898 and finally extended to Lumding in 1903. [6] [7] [8] The Assam Bengal Railway ...
The eastern line had been constructed in response to the demand of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to Chittagong port. Assam Bengal Railway started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of Bengal in 1891. A 150 kilometres (93 mi) track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895.
In response to the demand of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to Chittagong port, Assam Bengal Railway started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of Bengal in 1891. A 150-kilometre long (93 mi) track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895.
West Bengal 26 N NW93 Simsang River: Meghalaya 62 N NW94 Son River: Bihar 160 N NW95 Subansiri River: Assam 111 N NW96 Subarnarekha River: Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha 314 N NW97 Sunderbans waterways West Bengal 654 Y NW98 Sutlej River: Himachal Pradesh and Punjab 377 N NW99 Thamirabarani River: Tamil Nadu 64 N NW100 Tapi River ...
During British rule, all links from the northern part of Bengal and Assam to the rest of India were through the eastern part of Bengal. The most important connection was the 529 kilometres (329 mi) long Calcutta–Parbatipur–Haldibari–Siliguri link first established in 1878 and then developed in stages [1] (for details see Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Line).
The metre-gauge railway track earlier laid by Assam Bengal Railway from Chittagong to Lumding was extended to Tinsukia on the Dibru–Sadiya line in 1903. [1] [2] The project for the conversion of the Lumding–Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997. [3]