Bairabi railway station
Bairabi railway station serves Bairabi city in Kolasib district, Mizoram. Its code is BHRB. The station consists of 3 platforms. Bairabi is one of the railhead of Mizoram and connected with a broad gauge line. The 84.25 km broad gauge railway line from Katakhal Junction to Bairabi, was completed on 21 March 2016.[2]
Bairabi | |
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Indian Railway Station | |
Location | National Highway, Kolasib, Mizoram |
Coordinates | 24.1960°N 92.5412°E |
Elevation | 48 metres (157 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Line(s) | Bairabi Sairang Railway Katakhal-Bairabi line |
Platforms | 3 |
Tracks | 4 |
Connections | Auto stand |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform levels | At ground |
Parking | No |
Bicycle facilities | No |
Disabled access | Yes |
Other information | |
Status | Operational single line diesel 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge |
Station code | BHRB |
Fare zone | Northeast Frontier Railway zone |
History | |
Opened | 1899 [1] |
Closed | 2013 |
Rebuilt | 2016 |
Electrified | No |
Future development plans
- Bairabi Sairang Railway is a proposed railway line from Bairabi station to Sairang railway station near Aizawl with an estimated cost of Rs 2,384 crore.[3] An estimated 28 hectares (69 acres) of land is required for the construction of 51 kilometres (32 mi) long Bairabi-Sairang rail line. The Bairabi-Sairang rail link will require construction of 130 bridges, 23 tunnels and four stations namely Hortoki, Kawnpui, Mualkhang and Sairang.[4][5] The cost of Construction from Bairabi to Sairang is estimated at 2384 Crores.[6]As of August 2019, the 60% work is complete, and the revised expected deadline is December 2021.[7]
- Future line development plan entails extending the line from Aizawal to south to Zochawchhuah (India)-Zorinpui (Myanmar) on the India-Myanmar border, from where it will then be extended to 90km-long "Sittwe-Kyaukhtu railway" to connect it to Sittwe Port as part of Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project. "Zochawchhuah(Zorinpui)-Sairang railway" in India, survey for the 375 km line rail line from Sairang (Aizawal) to Hmawngbuchhuah on border near Zochawchhuah-Zorinpui was completed in August 2017 and it will be constructed in future phase.[8] "Kyaukhtu-Zorinpui railway line" is 200 km long planned but not yet surveyed line.
- Other future extension spur is from Aizawal to east of Zokhawthar. Future line development plan entails extending the line from Imphal to Moreh on the India-Myanmar barrier, from where it will then be extended to the existing railhead at Kalay (also called Kale and Kalemyo) in Myanmar to form part of the ambitious Trans-Asian Railway.
See also
References
- "Metre-gauge railway line fades into history after 115 years". Deccan Herald. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2018. (Dead link, July 2., 2020)
- Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (21 March 2016). "Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years". Indian Express. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- "Bairabi-Sairang BG rail link". The Assam Tribune. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
- PTI. "Broad gauge track project in Mizoram". CNN IBN Live. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- RC Acharya (21 March 2016). "Binding India with ribbons of steel". Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- "Bairabi-Sairang rêl kawng siam March 2020-ah zawh tum a ni". Vanglaini.org (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- Here Is How Piyush Goyal Is Boosting Rail Connectivity To North-East, Swarajya, 23 Aug 2019.
- India's north east opened up, PowerUpConstruction.Com
External links
- Bairabi railway station at the India Rail Info
- Ministry of Indian Railways, Official website
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