NEW COOCHBEHAR
General information
Location	Cooch Behar,West Bengal India
Coordinates	26°21′10″N89°28′10″E / 26.35291°N 89.46955°E /26.35291; 89.46955
Elevation	46m
System	Express train,Passenger train &Freight train station
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Lines	Barauni–Guwahati line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon Line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line New Cooch Behar-Golokganj line
Platforms	7
Tracks	12
Connections	Auto-rickshaw, E-rickshaw
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NCB
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Alipurduar
History
Opened	1966
Electrified	Yes (2021)
Previous names	Assam Bengal Railway
Passengers
40K/Day (high)
Services
Location NEW COOCHBEHAR Location in West Bengal

New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
Legend
km New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section 136 Abhayapuri 124 Boitamari 111 Chapar 88 Bilasipara 76 Bagribari 66 Alamganj Bamnai River 64 Dhubri Ghat 63 Dhubri 56 Gauripur 49 Balajan ex MG connection to Bamanhat New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line toNew Cooch Behar 47 Golokganj 43 Moterjhar Bamnai River 35 Basbari 26 Monglajhora 16 Tipkai Gangia River 9 Saptagram New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section 256 New Bongaigaon IOCL Bongaigaon railway siding 251 Dangtal Kujia River 244 Basugaon Champabati River 237 Salakati Tarang River 228 Kokrajhar Gourang River 223 Sesapani 218 0 Fakiragram Junction Heli River Loshka River 212 Pratap Khata Gangia River 207 Chautara Pagla River Mara Jaima River 194 Guabari 189 Gossaigaon Hat 182 Srirampur Assam Hawraphuta River Assam West Bengal border Sankosh River 172 Jorai Sankosh River Raidāk River 164 Kamakhyaguri Raidāk River 159 Chepani Halt 154 Samuktala Road New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar– Samuktala line Gadadhar River Bala River Nonai River 144 New Alipurduar Kaljani River 133 New Baneswar New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line toGolokganj Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line toBamanhat 125 New Cooch Behar Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line toAlipurduar Junction New Mal–Changrabandha– New Cooch Behar line 115 Pundibari 111 Sajerpar Torsa River 103 Ghoksadanga 96 Gumanihat 87 Falakata Mujnai River 83 Khirerkote Duduya River 78 Salbari 72 Kolaigram 65 Dhupguri 58 Altagram Jaldhaka River 49 Betgara 45 New Maynaguri planned Y connection (under construction) 41 New Domohani New Mal–Changrabandha line Teesta River 33 Jalpaiguri Road New Jalpaiguri-Haldibari line 26 Raninagar Jalpaiguri 18 Belakoba 9 Ambari Falakata New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar– Samuktala Road line Darjeeling Himalayan Railway narrow gauge line 0 New Jalpaiguri Katihar–New Jalpaiguri line
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v t e New Mal–Changrabandha– New Cooch Behar line
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km   New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line 0 New Mal Junction 3 Malbazar 11 Baradighi 17 Neora Naddi Neora River 33 Ramsai closedMG section 23 Lataguri 37 Domohani New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section to New Maynaguri (under construction) 43 Maynaguri Road closedMG section 46 Barnes Ghat 52 Bhotepati 59 New Changrabandha 62 Changrabandha closedMG section India Bangladesh border closedMG section 65 Burimari Burimari–Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line (MG line) 75 Jamaldah Gopalpur 85 Nayarhat 95 Mathabhanga Jaldhaka River 111 Chapaguri Torsa River New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line 126 New Cooch Behar Junction Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Fakiragram–Dhubri branch line km
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New Cooch Behar junction railway station is the main railway station in the district ofCooch Behar. It servesCooch Behar city of the district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies underAlipurduar railway division.

It is ajunction station on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of the Barauni–Guwahati line, New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line and Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line of Northeast Frontier Railway zone.

Cooch Behar had its first railway whenCooch Behar State Railway constructed the narrow gaugeGeetaldaha-Jainti line in 1901. It was subsequently on the metre gauge Alipurduar-Bamanhat-Golokganj line. When Assam Link Project constructed the link through North Bengal, it used the longerNew Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line.^[2]

New Cooch Behar station came up when the broad gauge New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line was laid in 1966.^[3]

Before partition there was a railway link fromCooch Behar toDhubri viaGitaldaha andGolokganj. Some part of this route passed through Bangladesh, betweenDinhata and Golokganj. There were two stations Pateswari and Sonahat which were in Bangladesh, these functioned even after partition. However, the collapse of the rail-cum-road bridge over the Gadadhar in the seventies ended that link. Now the bridge has been rebuilt and a new broad-gauge track has been laid, under New Maynaguri-Jogighopa Rail Project, via Tufangunj and Boxirhat, entirely through Indian territory.^[4] Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via Cooch Behar was introduced in February 2012.^[5] A new railway link from New Cooch Behar to New Jalpaiguri via Mathabhanga opened shortly.

The entire compound of New Cooch Behar Railway Station is equipped with free high-speedWi-Fi services provided byRailTel. New facilities include a Food Lounge, Air-Conditioned Dormitory and an Air-Conditioned Waiting Hall.^[6] The station has aOne Station One Product outlet offering handmade jewellery,jute products andhandloom textiles to provide a market for local and indigenous products.^[7]

To increase mobility among passengers especially physically challenged passengers, elevators have been installed in Platform 1, 2, 3 and 4. An escalator has also been installed in Platform 1 connecting to the foot overbridge.

Toilets are now equipped with modern sanitary fittings and have exclusive facilities for male, female and physically challenged. There are numerous Pay-and-Use Toilets in the station.^[8] Special Waiting halls for ladies have also been built.

IRCTC offers online booking of Dormitory rooms and also allows online food ordering. There are over bridges connecting the different platforms. There are displays all over the railway station and numerous food and magazine vendors in every platform.

TheUnion Minister of Railways announced a 126 km (78 mi) long electrified section between New Jalpaiguri to New Cooch Behar. Northern Frontier Railways has made a significant achievement in providing a pollution-free green mode of transport as electrification of total 334 km (208 mi) of track has been completed during the financial year 2020–21, despite the COVID-19 epidemic, railway electrification work in various sections of the North Frontier Railway was being done rapidly. The Electrification was inspected by the Commissioner of Railway Safety of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. Test runs have been conducted in early 2021. As of September 2021, the station is fully electrified and electric trains are operational.^[9]

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
New Baneswar towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section		Pundibari towards ?
Baneswar towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line		Cooch Behar towards ?
Chapaguri towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone New Maynaguri–Jogighopa line		Maradanga towards ?

1. Kamakhya–Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper Express
2. New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
3. Agartala Tejas Rajdhani Express
4. Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express^[10]
5. Sairang–Anand Vihar Terminal Rajdhani Express
6. Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Humsafar Express^[11]
7. Naharlagun - New Delhi AC Superfast Express
8. Agartala - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express
9. Kamakhya - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal AC Superfast Express
10. Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
11. Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
12. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express^[12]
13. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express^[13]
14. Silchar–Secunderabad Express
15. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express^[14]
16. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
17. Dibrugarh–Amritsar Express
18. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
19. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express^[15]
20. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express^[16]
21. Dibrugarh - Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express
22. Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
23. Dibrugarh- Howrah Kamrup Express^[17]
24. Dibrugarh- Rajendra Nagar Express
25. Dibrugarh - Deogarh Express
26. Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express^[18]
27. Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
28. Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
29. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
30. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express^[19]
31. Agartala - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
32. New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
33. New Tinsukia–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
34. New Tinsukia–Tambaram Express^[20]
35. New Tinsukia - Darbhanga Jivacch Link Express
36. Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express^[21]
37. Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express^[22]
38. Guwahati - Bikaner Express^[23][24]
39. Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
40. Guwahati - Barmer Express
41. Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express^[25]
42. Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express^[26]
43. Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
44. Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
45. Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express^[27]
46. Kamakhya–Gandhidham Superfast Express
47. Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
48. Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail^[28]
49. Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
50. Kamakhya–Gaya Express
51. Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
52. Kamakhya–Rohtak Amrit Bharat Express
53. Kamakhya - Pune Express
54. New Alipurduar - Sealdah Padatik Superfast Express
55. Silchar-Trivandrum Superfast Express^[29]
56. Bamanhat - Sealdah Uttar Banga Express^[30]
57. New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
58. New Alipurdiar - Sealdah Teesta Torsha Express^[31]
59. New Alipurduar - SMVT Bangalore Amrit Bharat Express
60. Kolkata–Sairang Express
61. Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express
62. Alipurduar–Kamakhya Intercity Express
63. Siliguri–Bamanhat Express

• North Eastern Railway Connectivity Project
• North Western Railway zone

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• Railway junction stations in West Bengal
• Railway stations in Cooch Behar district
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