Summary
Sabroom railway station, code SBRM, is a railhead railway station which serves Sabroom town in South Tripura district of Tripura state of India.[1] It is located near Feni River which serves as Bangladesh–India border.
Sabroom সাব্রুম | |||||||||||
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 Indian Railways station | |||||||||||
 Sabroom railway station platform | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | NH 8, Sabroom, South Tripura district, Tripura India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°00′51″N 91°41′55″E / 23.014062°N 91.6987492°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 33 metres (108 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lumding–Sabroom section | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | At ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Single diesel line | ||||||||||
| Station code | SBRM | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Lumding | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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  Sabroom Location in Tripura  Sabroom Location in India | |||||||||||
History edit
The Sabroom railway station is the terminus railhead of the 113 km long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad-gauge Agartala–Sabroom railway line which comes under the Lumding railway division of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is a single line without electrification. On 3 October 2019, the first DEMU serving Agartala–Sabroom performed its inaugural run after the construction of railway line was completed. In 2016, 43 km long segment from Agartala to Udaipur near Mata Tripura Sundari temple was completed. On 3 October 2019, the remaining Udaipur-Sabroom segment was also completed.[2][3][4][5]
Station layout edit
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P1 | FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right | |
| Track 1 | ||
| Track 2 | toward → | |
| Track 3 | toward → | |
| FOB, Island platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Island platform, No- 3 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Track 4 | Under Construction | |
Future connectivity edit
The rail link from South Tripura district will be extended to Chittagong Port and Cox's Bazar deep water port in Bangladesh, as agreed by the prime ministers of the both countries, by rehabilitating the railway link from Santir Bazar railway station in India to Feni Junction railway station in Bangladesh. Maitri Setu bridge near Sabroom was opened in 2021 to connect the "Belonia, India–Parshuram, Bangladesh road and rail crossing checkposts". Compared to the 1,880 km (1,170 mi) long, congested "Chicken's Neck" Siliguri Corridor, this will provide a shorter and more affordable route, and it will also provide the alternative strategic redundancy to Kaladan Multi-Modal project route if there is a war with China.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "SABRM/SABROOM". India Rail Info.
- ^ First Commercial Broad Gauge Freight Train Arrives In Tripura
- ^ BG railhead reaches Udaipur amid cheers Archived 2016-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 'Feni bridge will end Tripura’s isolation'
- ^ Tripura's BG rail progress 'on right track'
- ^ As Smart as Sittwe: Going North-East by South-East, First Post, 2019.
External links edit
- Sabroom railway station at the India Rail Info
- Indian Railways site
- Indian railway fan club
- Google. "Sabroom railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.