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- ↑ "Alipurduar Railway Division". Railway Board . North Eastern Railway zone . Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ "Work commences on new railway line connecting Sikkim". Business Standard. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ↑ Jayanta Gupta (29 October 2009). "Finally, Sikkim railway project on track". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ↑ Financial Express. Indian Railways new Sivok-Rangpo rail project: Travel from West Bengal to Sikkim in just 2 hours. (30 August 2019).
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