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New Cooch Behar Junction railway station

Coordinates: 26°21′10″N 89°28′10″E / 26.35291°N 89.46955°E / 26.35291; 89.46955
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न्यू कोचबिहार
NEW COOCHBEHAR

নিউ কোচবিহার
Express train, Passenger train & Freight train station
General information
LocationCooch Behar, Cooch Behar, West Bengal
India
Coordinates26°21′10″N 89°28′10″E / 26.35291°N 89.46955°E / 26.35291; 89.46955
Elevation46m
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railway
Line(s)
Platforms7
Tracks12
ConnectionsAuto-rickshaw, E-rickshaw
Construction
Structure typeStandard on Ground
ParkingParking Available
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle facilities Available
AccessibleDisabled access Yes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNCB
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s) Alipurduar
History
Opened1966
Electrified Yes (2021)
Previous namesAssam Bengal Railway
Passengers
40K/Day (Increase high)
Services
Waiting RoomFood & DrinkFood PlazaLiftsCCTVEscalatorsRailwire Free WifiRetiring Rooms
Location
न्यू कोचबिहार NEW COOCHBEHAR is located in West Bengal
न्यू कोचबिहार NEW COOCHBEHAR

न्यू कोचबिहार
NEW COOCHBEHAR
Location in West Bengal
Map

New Coochbehar junction railway station is the main railway station in the district of Cooch Behar. It serves Cooch Behar city in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies under Alipurduar railway division.

It is a Junction station on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of the Barauni–Guwahati line, New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line and Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line of Northeast Frontier Railway.

History

Cooch Behar had its first railway when Cooch Behar State Railway constructed the narrow gauge Geetaldaha-Jainti line in 1901. It was subsequently on the metre gauge Alipurduar-Bamanhat-Golokganj line. When Assam Link Project constructed the link through North Bengal, it used the longer New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line.[2]

New Cooch Behar station came up when the broad gauge New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line was laid in 1966.[3]

Before partition there was a railway link from Cooch Behar to Dhubri via Gitaldaha and Golokganj. Some part of this route passed through Bangladesh, between Dinhata and Golokganj. There were two stations Pateswari and Sonahat which were in Bangladesh, these functioned even after partition. However, the collapse of the rail-cum-road bridge over the Gadadhar in the seventies ended that link. Now the bridge has been rebuilt and a new broad-gauge track has been laid, under New Maynaguri-Jogighopa Rail Project, via Tufangunj and Boxirhat, entirely through Indian territory.[4] Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via Cooch Behar was introduced in February 2012.[5] A new railway link from New Cooch Behar to New Jalpaiguri via Mathabhanga opened shortly.

Facilities

The entire compound of New Cooch Behar Railway Station is equipped with free high-speed Wi-Fi services provided by RailTel. New facilities include a Food Lounge, Air-Conditioned Dormitory and an Air-Conditioned Waiting Hall.[6] The station has a One Station One Product outlet offering handmade jewellery, jute products and handloom textiles to provide a market for local and indigenous products.[7]

To increase mobility among passengers especially physically challenged passengers, elevators have been installed in Platform 1, 2, 3 and 4. An escalator has also been installed in Platform 1 connecting to the foot overbridge.

Toilets are now equipped with modern sanitary fittings and have exclusive facilities for male, female and physically challenged. There are numerous Pay-and-Use Toilets in the station.[8] Special Waiting halls for ladies have also been built.

IRCTC offers online booking of Dormitory rooms and also allows online food ordering. There are over bridges connecting the different platforms. There are displays all over the railway station and numerous food and magazine vendors in every platform.

Electrification

The Union Minister of Railways announced a 126 km (78 mi) long electrified section between New Jalpaiguri to New Cooch Behar. Northern Frontier Railways has made a significant achievement in providing a pollution-free green mode of transport as electrification of total 334 km (208 mi) of track has been completed during the financial year 2020–21, despite the COVID-19 epidemic, railway electrification work in various sections of the North Frontier Railway was being done rapidly. The Electrification was inspected by the Commissioner of Railway Safety of Northern Frontier Railways. Test runs have been conducted in early 2021. As of September 2021, the station is fully electrified and electric trains are operational.[9]

Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
New Baneswar
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Pundibari
towards ?
Baneswar
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Cooch Behar
towards ?
Chapaguri
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Maradanga
towards ?

Major trains

  1. New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
  2. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)[10]
  3. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)[11]
  4. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)[12]
  5. Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Humsafar Express[13]
  6. Naharlagun - New Delhi AC Superfast Express
  7. Agartala - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express
  8. Kamakhya - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal AC Superfast Express
  9. Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  10. Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  11. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express[14]
  12. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[15]
  13. Silchar–Secunderabad Express
  14. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[16]
  15. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
  16. Dibrugarh– Chennai Tambaram Express[17]
  17. Dibrugarh–Amritsar Express
  18. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
  19. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[18]
  20. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[19]
  21. Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
  22. Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[20]
  23. Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North[21]
  24. Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express[22]
  25. Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
  26. Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
  27. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
  28. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[23]
  29. New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
  30. New Tinsukia–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
  31. New Tinsukia - Darbhanga Jivachh Link Express[24]
  32. Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express[25]
  33. Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express[26]
  34. Guwahati - Bikaner Express[27][28]
  35. Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
  36. Guwahati - Barmer Express
  37. Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express[29]
  38. Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express[30]
  39. Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
  40. Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
  41. Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express[31]
  42. Kamakhya–Gandhidham Superfast Express
  43. Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
  44. Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail[32]
  45. Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
  46. Kamakhya–Gaya Express
  47. Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
  48. New Alipurduar - Sealdah Padatik Superfast Express
  49. Silchar-Trivandrum Superfast Express[33]
  50. Bamanhat - Sealdah Uttar Banga Express[34]
  51. New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
  52. New Alipurdiar - Sealdah Teesta Torsha Express[35]

References

  1. ^ "Alipurduar Division System Map" (PDF). NFR Railway.
  2. ^ R.P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Some Milestones of NF Railway". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Dhubri-Bengal Link Soon". The Telegraph. 29 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Two new trains flagged off". The Telegraph. 12 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  6. ^ "West Bengal: Piyush Goyal dedicates projects to improve rail infrastructure". mint. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ^ "728 Railway stations are covered with 785 One Station One Product outlets in 21 States and 3 Union Territories across the country". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Renovation of 'Pay and Use' toilet at New Cooch Behar station complete". Economic Times. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  9. ^ "NFR: Electrification of New Jalpaiguri-New Coochbehar section commissioned". Rail Post. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  10. ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)". indiarailinfo.com.
  11. ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)". indiarailinfo.com.
  12. ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)". indiarailinfo.com.
  13. ^ "SMVT Bangalore-Agartala Humsafar Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  14. ^ "Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  15. ^ "Silchar-Coimbatore Express". confirmtkt.com.
  16. ^ "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  17. ^ "Dibrugarh Tambaram Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  18. ^ "Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar". indiarailinfo.com.
  19. ^ "15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT)". indiarailinfo.com.
  20. ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati". indiarailinfo.com.
  21. ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Rangapara North". indiarailinfo.com.
  22. ^ "Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  23. ^ "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  24. ^ "New Tinsukia Darbhanga Jivachh Link Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  25. ^ "Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Lohit Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  26. ^ "Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt Kaziranga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  27. ^ Mishra, Sudhanshu (25 March 2013). "Train without engine travels 20 km in Barmer". India Today. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  28. ^ Bihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck
  29. ^ "Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  30. ^ "15647/Mumbai LTT - Guwahati Express (Via Malda Town) (PT)". indiarailinfo.com.
  31. ^ "15655/Kamakhya - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  32. ^ "Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail". indiarailinfo.com.
  33. ^ "Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  34. ^ "Sealdah Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  35. ^ "Teesta Torsha Express". indiarailinfo.com.

Cooch Behar travel guide from Wikivoyage

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