Burimari railway station
Burimari | |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh Railway Station | |
 Burimari railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Lalmonirhat, Rangpur Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 26°23′48″N 88°56′04″E / 26.3967°N 88.9345°E |
| Line(s) | Burimari-Lalmonirhat-Parbatipur Line |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| History | |
| Opened | 1900? |
| Previous names | Bengal Dooars Railway |
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Burimari (Bengali: বুড়ীমারি) 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]
History
The Lalmonirhat-Malbazar metre gauge line was developed by the Bengal Dooars Railway in the closing years of the nineteenth century.[2] With the partition of India in 1947, the Indian side of the line terminated at Changrabandha and the Pakistani side, later Bangladeshi side, at Burimari.[3]
Present status
The line between New Mal Jn. and Changrabandha is now (2016) converted to Broad Gauge. A pair of DMUs have been introduced on this route from Siliguri to Changrabandha via New Mal Jn from 20 January 2016.[4]
The Bangladeshi side of the line is still functional but the track is in bad shape with frequent derailments. There are two local trains in a day running at a limited speed of 8–14 km per hour (as against 45 km per hour in normal sections).[5][6] Bangladesh Railway has planned for rehabilitation of the line.[7]
Direct buses are available between Siliguri and Changrabandha, and between Dhaka and Burimari.[8]
References
- ^ "Introducing Burimari". lonely planet. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Bengal Dooars Railway". Fibis. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "Geography - International". IRFCA. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Train running on the newly converted New Mal Junction-Changrabandha to start". North East Frontier Railway. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Lalmonirhat-burimari Route -45 trains derail in 5 months - Lack of sleepers, stone makes the run-down track risky". The Daily Star, 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "For better railway between Lalmonirhat and Burimari". The Financial Express, 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Tk 14,531 crore BR projects to double capacity". Priyo Internet Life. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "North East India". p 299. lonely planet / Google Books. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
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