Mogalhat railway station

By the turn of the nineteenth century Lalmonirhat railway station had emerged as an important railway centre. Bengal Dooars Railway constructed a line to Malbazar. Cooch Behar State Railway constructed the Geetaldaha-Jayanti narrow gauge line. Links were established with Assam, with the Golokganj-Amingaon line coming up. In pre-independence days, a metre gauge line running via Radhikapur, Biral, Parbatipur, Tista, Gitaldaha and Golokganj connected Fakiragram in Assam with Katihar in Bihar.{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |access-date=2012-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=2012-07-14 }}{{cite web |url=http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Bengal_Dooars_Railway&oldid=9574 |title=Bengal Dooars Railway |work= Fibis |access-date=2011-11-20 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-inter.html |title=Geography - International |work=IRFCA |access-date=2011-12-10 }}{{cite web| url =http://www.bangla2000.com/BusinessWorld/Business_News/Oct2000/news_detail08.shtm |title =Prospect to establish Quadrilateral business link | publisher=Bangla 2000, 10 October 2000 | access-date = 2012-02-01 }}

{{Defunct Lalmonirhat-Geetaldaha Line|collapse=y}}

The Mogalhat-Geetaldaha link was there in 1955, when Pakistan and India signed an agreement regarding resumption of rail traffic.{{cite web |url= http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/7/12/00012569.pdf|title= No. 3458, Pakistan and india, Agreement regarding resumption of rail traffic. Signed at Karachi on 15 April 1955| access-date=2012-01-28 }} Subsequently, a part of the bridge across the Dharla River at {{Coord|26.00304|N|89.46934|E|}} was washed away transforming Mogalhat-Geetaldaha, a defunct railway transit point.

Note: The map below presents the position as it stands today (2020). The international border was not there when the railways were first laid in the area in the 19th-20th century. It came up in 1947. Since then, it has been an effort to live up to the new realities. The map is 'Interactive' (the larger version) - it means that all the places shown in the map are linked in the full screen map.

{{OSM Location map

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| coord={{coord|26|4|0|N|89|40|40|E}}| float=center|caption=Places in the south-eastern portion of Dinhata subdivision in Cooch Behar district, western part of Dhubri district, northern part of Kurigram district and northern part of Lalmonirhat district, all linked with development of railways in the area
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, RS: railway station
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

|mark-coord1={{coord|26|4|14|N|89|35|10|E}}| label-pos1=left|label1= Bamanhat | numbered1=RS| mark-title1= Bamanhat railway station (RS)|label-color1= #800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1=#A42222 |shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2

|mark-coord2={{coord|26|2|6|N|89|29|19|E}}| label-pos2=right|label2=New Gitaldaha| numbered2=RS| mark-title2= New Gitaldaha railway station (RS)

|mark-coord3={{coord|26|0|54|N|89|28|35|E}}| label-pos3=right|label3=Gitaldaha (old)| numbered3=RS| mark-title3= Gitaldaha (old) (RS)

|mark-coord4={{coord|25|59|32|N|89|27|6|E}}| label-pos4=right|label4=Mogalhat| numbered4=RS| mark-title4= Mogalhat Railway Station (RS)|shape-color4=black| label-size4=13|label-color4=black

|mark-coord5={{coord|25|54|10|N|89|26|30|E}}| label-pos5=right|label5=Lalmonirhat| numbered5=RR| mark-title5= Lalmonirhat Railway Station (RS)

|mark-coord6={{coord|26|6|24|N|89|40|6|E}}| label-pos6=bottom|label6=Bhurungamari| numbered6=R| mark-title6= Bhurungamari Upazila (R)

|mark-coord7={{coord|26|6|17|N|89|46|52|E}}| label-pos7=top|label7=Sonahat| labela7= Land Port| numbered7=R| mark-title7= Sonahat (R)

|mark-coord8={{coord|26|6|29|N|89|50|40|E}}| label-pos8=right|label8= Golokganj| numbered8=RS| mark-title8= Golokganj railway station (R)

|mark-coord9={{coord|25|57|0|N|89|28|0|E}}|label9= Dharla River| label-color9 = #77A1CB| label-angle9=55| label-pos9=top| label-size9=10| mark-size9=0| mark-title9=none

|mark-coord10={{coord|26|6|0|N|89|43|0|E}}|label10= Dudhkumar| label-color10 = #77A1CB| label-angle10=65| label-pos10=top| label-size10=10| mark-size10=0| mark-title10=none

|mark-coord11={{coord|26|3|30|N|89|43|0|E}}|label11= River| label-color11 = #77A1CB| label-angle11=100| label-pos11=top| label-size11=10| mark-size11=0| mark-title11=none

|mark-coord12={{coord|26|12|0|N|89|49|0|E}}|label12= Gangadhar River| label-color12 = #77A1CB| label-angle12=95| label-pos12=top| label-size12=11| mark-size12=0| mark-title12=none

|mark-coord13={{coord|25|55|10|N|89|47|0|E}}|label13= Brahmaputra |labela13= River| label-color13 = #77A1CB| label-angle13=120| label-pos13=top| label-size13=10| mark-size13=0| mark-title13=none

|arc-coordA={{coord|26|5|0|N|89|53|0|E}}|arc-textA= ASSAM| arc-text-colorA=hard grey| arc-angleA=70| arc-gapA=6.5| arc-radiusA=0.35

|arc-coordB={{coord|26|9|30|N|89|29|0|E}}|arc-textB= WEST BENGAL| arc-text-colorB=hard grey| arc-angleB=-60| arc-gapB=3.5| arc-radiusB=0.4

|arc-coordC={{coord|25|56|0|N|89|33|0|E}}|arc-textC= BANGLADESH| arc-text-colorC=hard grey| arc-angleC=-25| arc-gapC=5.0| arc-radiusC=0.4}}

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Category:Railway stations in Lalmonirhat District

Category:Former railway stations in Bangladesh

Category:Railway stations in Bangladesh opened in 1896

Category:Railway stations in Bangladesh closed in 1965

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