Jawaharnagar railway station

Railway station in Tripura, India

23°55′10″N 91°54′06″E / 23.9195°N 91.9016°E / 23.9195; 91.9016Elevation102 metres (335 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byNortheast Frontier Railway zoneLine(s)Lumding–SilcharPlatforms1Tracks1ConnectionsTaxicab stand, Auto rickshaw standConstructionStructure typeStandard (on ground station)ParkingYesAccessibleDisabled accessOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeJWNR Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway Zone Division(s) Lumding

Jawaharnagar railway station is a railway station located near Sikaribari of Dhalai district in Tripura.

Jurisdiction

It belongs to the Lumding railway division of the Northeast Frontier Railway Zone of Dhalai district in Tripura. The station code is JWNR.[1]

Line

The station falls on the line between Lumding Junction and Silchar.[2]

International access

A proposal has been mooted to create a 256 kilometres (159 mi) railway line to Myanmar via Mizoram to join the Trans-Asian Railway network in 2013.[3] Also a new proposal of railway line to Dhaka has cropped up in 2015, connecting Myanmar via Sairang in Mizoram.[4] The proposed rail line once established will further connect to Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia.[5]

References

  1. ^ "System Map". Northeast Frontier Railway zone. Indian Railways. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ "North East Frontier Railway Map" (PDF). Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region. Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ^ Sujit, Chakraborty (16 September 2013). "India's northeast to be linked to Trans-Asian Railway Network". Business Standard. Agartala. IANS. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ^ Prabin, Kalita (15 February 2015). "Core Euro-Asia rail route may skip Assam, Manipur". The Times of India. Guwahati. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Tripura seeks access to Trans-Asian Network". The Assam Tribune. Agartala. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

External links

  • Jawaharnagar railway station at the India Rail Info