Tilakpur railway station

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Tilakpur railway station

তিলকপুর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
Bangladesh Railway station
General information
LocationTilakpur, Joypurhat District
Bangladesh
Coordinates 24°52′37″N89°00′06″E / 24.8769°N 89.0018°E / 24.8769; 89.0018
Owned by Bangladesh Railway
Line(s) Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Location
Tilakpur railway station

Tilakpur railway station is an intermediate station in Akkelpur Upazila of Joypurhat District, Bangladesh.

The north-south railway line between Chilahati and Sara (on the Padma River near Paksey) was constructed between 1874 and 1879. [1] Tilakpur station is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Akkelpur and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Santahar Junction. [2]

By 1892, a new station building at Tilakpur was in progress or complete. [3] The "low, squat building" was undamaged by the 1897 Assam earthquake. [4]

Sometime between 2008 and 2014, the station closed due a manpower shortage at Bangladesh Railway. [5] It remained closed in November, 2020. [6]

By early 2023 the station had reopened, [7] and late that year was being renovated. [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ Bogra District. Bengal District Gazetteers. Vol. B. Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. 1913. p. 26. OCLC   10309766.
  3. ↑ Sargeaunt, R. A. (1892). Administration Report on the Railways in India for 1891-92. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 29. OCLC   941852656.
  4. ↑ Oldham, Richard Dixon (1897). "Report of the Great Earthquake of 12th June, 1897". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. XXIX: 280.
  5. ↑ লোকবল সংকটে বন্ধ রেলের ১৬০টি স্টেশন [160 railway stations closed due to manpower shortage]. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Manpower shortage hampers smooth train services in northern districts". The Financial Express. 23 November 2023.
  7. ↑ আওয়ামী লীগের জনসভায় বিশেষ ট্রেন, নাটোরে যাত্রীদের ভোগান্তি [Special train to Awami League public meeting, passengers suffering in Natore]. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 29 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Rahman, Mostafizur (4 November 2023). দ্রুত গতীতে চলছে তিলকপুর রেলওয়ে স্টেশনের উন্নয়ন ও সংস্কার কাজ। [The development and renovation of Tilakpur railway station is proceeding rapidly]. Daily Naya Kontho (in Bengali).
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