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Biral railway station

Biral
Bangladesh Railway Station
Location Biral, Dinajpur
 Bangladesh
Coordinates 25°37′56″N 88°33′05″E / 25.6323°N 88.5513°E / 25.6323; 88.5513
Line(s) Parbatipur-Panchagarh branch line
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status Functioning
History
Opened 1879
Previous names Assam-Behar State Railway
Location
Biral railway station is located in Bangladesh
Biral railway station
Biral railway station
Location in Bangladesh

Source:Google maps, Indian Railway – East Zone Time Table

Biral (Bengali: বিরল) is a border railway station in Bangladesh, situated in Dinajpur District, in Rangpur Division. It is a defunct railway transit point on the Bangladesh-India border and is an India-Bangladesh land border checkpoint.

Assam Behar State Railway extended the metre gauge railway from Parbatipur to Katihar, now in Bihar, India, in 1889.

It is a defunct rail transit point on the Bangladesh-India border. The corresponding station on the Indian side is Radhikapur railway station in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal.The transit facility in the Biral-Radhikapur sector has remained suspended since 1 April 2005. The railway track on the Indian side has been converted to broad gauge while that on the Bangladesh side remains metre gauge.

As per the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by Bangladesh and India on 15 August 1978 it was agreed to facilitate overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal. An addendum was made on 6 September, 2011, to add new rail routes for facilitating overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal. The addendum read:
"1."Traffic in Transit” to/from Nepal and Bangladesh shall move through Indian territory by rail using Singhabad Railway station in India and Rohanpur Railway station in Bangladesh with their existing facilities. To ensure expeditious and smooth flow of such movement, necessary infrastructural facilities shall be provided by the two Parties within their respective territories.
"2.The existing rail route through Radhikapur Railway station in India and Birol Railway station in Bangladesh which has been suspended shall be brought into operation by converting Bangladesh portion into broad gauge. In this case, both the routes (proposed and the existing) shall be used for Nepal Transit Traffic by rail for additional operating convenience."


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