Structure type At Ground Station code COB Opened 1901 Formerly Cooch Behar State Railway | Parking Available Elevation 42 m Phone 099338 70499 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location Cooch Behar, West Bengal
India Line(s) Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line Previous names Cooch Behar State Railway Address Kalighat Rd Number 1, Cooch Behar, West Bengal 736101 Similar Bamanhat railway station, New Cooch Behar Ju, Balarambati railway station, New Maynaguri railway st, Samuktala Road Junction r | ||
12236 new delhi dibrugarh rajdhani express departing from new 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.
Contents
- 12236 new delhi dibrugarh rajdhani express departing from new cooch behar railway station
- History
- Railway heritage museum
- References
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. Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 2007.
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.