Historical India Bangladesh Rail Links
The complete rail links between India & Bangladesh : a) Western Frontier : 1. Darsana (BD) - Gede (India) - Maitree and Freight trains, 2. Benapole (BD) - Petrapole (India) - Freight only, 3. Rohanpur (BD) - Singhabad (India) - Freight, 4. Birol (BD) - Radhikapur (India) - Previously freight, currently discontinued as India converted gauge to BG from MG. b) Northern Frontier : 5. Chilahati (BD) - Haldibari (India) - The rail tracks have been removed on BD side. 6. Burimari (BD) - Changrabandha (India)also discontinued. c) Eastern Frontier : 7. Shahbazpur (BD) - Mahishasan (India) - MG line exist but discontinued. 8. Akhaura (BD) - Agartala (India) -New line being developed by IRCON, cost to be borne by India.
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