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{{Short description|Railway station in Manipur, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Jiribam
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = 
| address = [[Jiribam]], [[Jiribam district]], [[Manipur]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|24.794|N|93.0996|E|format=dms}}
| elevation = {{convert|36|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line = [[Katakhal–Jiribam–Imphal line]]
| other = 
| platform = 1
| tracks = 3
| opened = 1903
| electrified = No
| code = {{Indian railway code| code = JRBM| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway]]| division = {{rwd|Lumding}}
}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = 
| map_dot_label = '''Jiribam railway station'''
| map_size = 250
| map_type = India Manipur
| map_caption = Location in manipur
}}

'''Jiribam railway station''' serves [[Jiribam]] town and belongs to the Lumding railway division of [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]. It is the first railway station in the state of [[Manipur]], India.

==History==

The Jiribam rail ink was a part of rail link to [[Assam]] for tea transportation in the early 20th century. It was constructed by [[Assam Bengal Railway]]. With the [[partition of India]] in 1947, portions of the Bengal Assam Railway which lay in Assam and the Indian part of North Bengal became Assam Railway. [[North Eastern Railway zone|North Eastern Railway]]  was formed in 1952 by amalgamating Assam Railway with [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] and the [[Fatehgarh Sahib district|Fatehgarh]] district of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]. [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]] was formed out of North Eastern Railway in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/engir/History1.htm |title=History |publisher=Northeast Frontier Railway |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032906/http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/engir/History1.htm |archivedate= 2 May 2014 }}</ref>

The portion of the system which fell within the boundary of East Pakistan was named as [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]. On 1 February 1961, Eastern Bengal Railway was renamed as Pakistan Railway and in 1962 it became [[Pakistan Eastern Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railway.gov.bd/history.asp |title=History |publisher=Bangladesh Railways |accessdate=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115201005/http://www.railway.gov.bd/history.asp |archivedate=15 November 2007 }}</ref> With the emergence of Bangladesh, it became [[Bangladesh Railway]].<ref name=banglapaedia>{{cite book |last=Fida |first=Quazi Abul |year=2012 |chapter=Railway |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

After the independence of Pakistan on 15 August 1947 the broad-gauge portion of the Bengal-Assam Railway, lying in India was added to the [[East Indian Railway]] and the metre-gauge portion became the Assam Railway,<ref>Rao, M.A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, p.39</ref> with its headquarters at Pandu. On 14 April 1952, the 2857&nbsp;km long Assam Railway and the Oudh and Tirhut Railway were amalgamated to form one of the six newly formed zones of the [[Indian Railways]]: the [[North Eastern Railway zone]].<ref name=r>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm |title=Chapter 1 – Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background |publisher=Ministry of Railways, India website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601024404/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm |archivedate= 1 June 2009 }}</ref><ref>Rao, M. A. (1988). ''Indian Railways'', New Delhi: National Book Trust, pp.42-3</ref> On the same day, the reorganized Sealdah division of the Bengal Assam Railway (which was added to the East Indian Railway earlier) was amalgamated with the [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternrailwaysealdah.gov.in/WebForm/FrameContent/Engineering.html |title=Sealdah division-Engineering details |publisher=The Eastern Railway, Sealdah division |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215161611/http://www.easternrailwaysealdah.gov.in/WebForm/FrameContent/Engineering.html |archivedate=15 February 2012 }}</ref>

In December 2009, work on gauge conversion from [[Silchar]] to [[Jiribam]] started which was finished in early 2016 and goods services resumed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story51494/imphal-jiribam-railway-line-first-locomotive-test-run-held.html |title=Test run on Jiribam–Imphal line |publisher=ANI news |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225010302/http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story51494/imphal-jiribam-railway-line-first-locomotive-test-run-held.html |archivedate=25 February 2015 }}</ref>

==Train services ==

Freight trains started to run on the Silchar–Jiribam segment from 21 March 2016.

Passenger services started on 27 May 2016 and one pair of [[Silchar–Jiribam Passenger]]
(55665/55666) is running on this section between Silchar and Jiribam.

Union railway minister [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]] flagged off the [[Jan Shatabdi Express]] between [[Agartala railway station]] and Jiribam railway station connecting two northeastern states, [[Tripura]] and [[Manipur]] on 8 January 2022.

==Under construction projects ==

[[Imphal railway station#Jiribam|Jiribam–Imphal line]] is likely to be completed by December 2023 as per August 2021 status update,<ref name=railne1>[https://assamtribune.com/north-east/imphal-4th-capital-city-in-ne-to-come-on-railway-map-within-27-months-1203016 Imphal, 4th capital city in NE, to come on railway map within 27 months], Assam Tribune, 13 Sep 2021.</ref> which will be extended to [[Moreh, India|Moreh]] on the [[India–Myanmar border]] and then to [[Kalay]] (also called Kale and Kalemyo) in Myanmar to form part of the ambitious [[Trans-Asian Railway]].

==See also==

* [[Lumding railway division]]
* [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IndiaRailInfo|9435}}

{{Railway stations in Manipur}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1903]]
[[Category:Lumding railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Imphal East district]]