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Bangladesh Opening Railway Link With Bhutan And Nepal Via India
By KTM Metro Reporter
January 17, 2012: Bangladesh has decided to open Chilahati-Haldibari rail link latest by December 2012 for the link with Bhutan and Nepal through India. This route is likely to be the fifth route agreed upon as transit points between these two countries via India according to the news posted on Sananews.net.
Quoting a Railway Board official, the news has it that Hashimara station located on the border with Bhutan in India is hardly 182-km away from Bangladesh’s Chilahati station. Passengers can reach Hashimara in about three hours through the proposed Chilahati-Haldibari route. Jogbani station located on the border with Nepal in India is located only 40-km away from Haldibari in India and about 52-km away from Bangladesh’s Chilahati. The proposed rail link could facilitate passengers from Jogbani bordering Nepal to pass through New Jalpaiguri and Katihar route as well.
The Chilahati and Haldibari had been operational until 1965; its operation had been halted after the Indo-Pak war in 1965. Bangladesh needs to construct about 7.5-km new rail lines from Chilahati to reach the border with India, and India will need to construct 4.5-km new rail lines from its border with Bangladesh to Haldibari station.
