Cooch Behar railway station
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India
 COOCHBEHAR | |||||||
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| Passenger train station | |||||||
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| General information | |||||||
| Location | Cooch Behar, West Bengal India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 26°19′07″N 89°27′23″E / 26.31871°N 89.45631°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 42 metres (138 ft) | ||||||
| Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||||
| Line(s) | Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||
| Connections | E-rickshaw, Bus | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Parking |  Available | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities |  Available | ||||||
| Accessible |  Yes | ||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | COB | ||||||
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Alipurduar | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1901 | ||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||
| Previous names | Cooch Behar State Railway | ||||||
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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.
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.[1] Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2007.[2][3]
Infrastructure and amenities
Trains
Six trains stop at Cooch Behar railway station. Both up and down trains are mentioned below.[6]
- 07513/07514 Siliguri-Bamanhat DEMU Special
- 05465/05466 Alipurduar Junction-Bamanhat Passenger Special
- 15467/15468 Siliguri-Bamanhat Intercity Express
| Preceding station |  Indian Railways |
Following station | ||
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| New Cooch Behar towards Alipurduar |
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line |
Dewanhat towards Bamanhat | ||
