Bamanhat railway station

Bamanhat
Indian Railway Station
Location	Village: Bamanhat, PS: Dinhata, Distt: Cooch Behar, West Bengal India
Coordinates	26°04′14″N 89°35′10″E / 26.0706°N 89.5862°E / 26.0706; 89.5862Coordinates: 26°04′14″N 89°35′10″E / 26.0706°N 89.5862°E / 26.0706; 89.5862
Elevation	38 metres (125 ft)
Line(s)	Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line
Platforms	?
Construction
Structure type	At ground
Parking	Not required
Other information
Station code	BXT
Zone(s)	North East Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Alipurduar
History
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railway   Following station New Gitaldaha Northeast Frontier Railway zone Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line Terminus
Location
Location of Bamanhat railway station in West Bengal

Bamanhat railway station serves Bamanhat in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Before partition of India in 1947, there was a rail link to Lalmonirhat Junction, now in Bangladesh, through Geetaldaha and Mogalhat. Even in 1955 the line was there when there were talks between India and Pakistan for resumption of rail links. Up to the 1960s there was a railway link from Cooch Behar to Dhubri via Golokganj. It was then known as the Assam Line Railway Service. The links were disturbed with bridges being washed away. The entire area had metre gauge tracks. Northeast Frontier Railway converted the Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge in 2007. The Alipuduar-Bamanhat branch line up to Geetaldaha was earlier part of Cooch Behar State Railway. The Geetaldaha-Bamanhat sector was part of what was called the Assam Line Railway Service.

It is located near the India-Bangladesh border and handles around 15,000 passengers daily.