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 Bamanhat 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.
Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via Cooch Behar was introduced in February 2012.
A new railway link from New Cooch Behar to New Jalpaiguri via Mathabhanga opened shortly.
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 Bamanhat 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. Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via Cooch Behar was introduced in February 2012. A new railway link from New Cooch Behar to New Jalpaiguri via Mathabhanga opened shortly.
New Cooch Behar Junction railway station