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Bairabi railway station serves Bairabi city in Kolasib district, Mizoram. Its code is BHRB. The station consists of 3 platforms. Bairabi is one of the railhead of Mizoram and connected with a broad-gauge line. The 84.25 km broad-gauge railway line from Katakhal Junction to Bairabi, was completed on 21 March 2016.[2]

Bairabi
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	National Highway, Kolasib, Mizoram  India
Coordinates	24.1960°N 92.5412°E / 24.1960; 92.5412
Elevation	48 metres (157 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Bairabi Sairang Railway Katakhal–Bairabi line
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Connections	Auto stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Platform levels	At ground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational single line diesel 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Station code	BHRB
Fare zone	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
History
Opened	1899 [1]
Closed	2013
Rebuilt	2016
Electrified	No

Future development plans

• Bairabi Sairang Railway is a proposed railway line from Bairabi station to Sairang railway station near Aizawl with an estimated cost of Rs 2,384 crore.[3] An estimated 28 hectares (69 acres) of land is required for the construction of 51 kilometres (32 mi) long Bairabi-Sairang rail line. The Bairabi-Sairang rail link will require construction of 130 bridges, 23 tunnels and four stations namely Hortoki, Kawnpui, Mualkhang and Sairang.[4][5] The cost of Construction from Bairabi to Sairang is estimated at 2384 Crores.[6] As of August 2019, the 60% work is complete, and the revised expected deadline is December 2021.^{[citation needed]}
• Future line development plan entails extending the line from Aizawl to south to Zochawchhuah (India)-Zorinpui (Myanmar) on the India–Myanmar border, from where it will then be extended to 90 km-long "Sittwe-Kyaukhtu railway to connect it to Sittwe Port as part of Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project. "Zochawchhuah(Zorinpui)-Sairang railway" in India, survey for the 375 km line rail line from Sairang (Aizawl) to Hmawngbuchhuah on border near Zochawchhuah–Zorinpui was completed in August 2017 and it will be constructed in future phase.[7] Kyaukhtu–Zorinpui railway line is 200 km long planned but not yet surveyed line.
• Other future extension spur is from Aizawl to east of Zokhawthar. Future line development plan entails extending the line from Imphal to Moreh on the India–Myanmar border, from where it will then be extended to the existing railhead at Kalay (also called Kale and Kalemyo) in Myanmar to form part of the ambitious Trans-Asian Railway.

See also

• Rail transport in India

References

External links

• Bairabi railway station at the India Rail Info
• Ministry of Indian Railways, Official website

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