Tilakpur railway station is an intermediate station in Akkelpur Upazila of Joypurhat District, Bangladesh.
Tilakpur railway station তিলকপুর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন | |||||
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| Bangladesh Railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Tilakpur, Joypurhat District Bangladesh | ||||
| Coordinates | 24°52′37″N 89°00′06″E / 24.8769°N 89.0018°E | ||||
| Owned by | Bangladesh Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||
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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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Brief History". Bangladesh Railway. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011.
- ^ Bogra District. Bengal District Gazetteers. Vol. B. Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. 1913. p. 26. OCLC 10309766.
- ^ Sargeaunt, R. A. (1892). Administration Report on the Railways in India for 1891-92. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 29. OCLC 941852656.
- ^ Oldham, Richard Dixon (1897). "Report of the Great Earthquake of 12th June, 1897". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. XXIX: 280.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Manpower shortage hampers smooth train services in northern districts". The Financial Express. 23 November 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).