Imphal railway station
Imphal Railway station is an under-construction railway station in Imphal in Manipur, India.
Facilities
The station will have two side-platforms.Rail lines
Trans-Asian Railway
Partially-complete Trans-Asian Railway, Yunnan-Kalay-Moreh-Imphal-Jiribam-Gede-Attari route passing through Imphal railway station, will enable containers from Singapore, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Korea to travel overland by train to Europe. Presently, all freight traffic originating from Asia destined for Europe goes by sea. The Southern Corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway is of prime interest to India. It connects Yunnan in China and Thailand with Europe via Turkey and passes through India.As per India-Myanmar MoU, their railway networks will be interconnected via a 346-km line section that will extend from Kalay in Myanmar to Jiribam in India via the border point at Tamu / Moreh. The proposed route will enter India through Tamu and Moreh in Manipur bordering Myanmar, then enter Bangladesh through Mahisasan and Shahbajpur and again enter India from Bangladesh at Gede. On the western side, the line will enter Pakistan at Attari. There is a missing link on this route in the India–Myanmar sector; of this,, in India, is between Jiribam in Manipur and Tamu in Myanmar. The rail link between Jiribam and Imphal has been sanctioned by Indian Railways, but that is unlikely to be completed before 2016. Construction work is in progress in a stretch between Jiribam and Imphal.
Following lines are part of the TAR and India's Act East Policy.
Jiribam–Imphal line
Details
Jiribam–Imphal line, 111 km long railway line project costing 22,274.57 crore. includes 8 new stations, 62 km of tunnels, 11 major bridges, 134 minor bridges, 4 road overbridges, and 12 road underbridges. The Jiribam–Vangaichungpao–Tupul-Imphal route will connect Imphal, the capital of Manipur to the rest of India by a rail link.This line has twin-tube parallel tunnel. Tunnel no. 12, India's ₹ 930 crore longest tunnel with 11.55 km length between Jiribam and Imphal West, surpasses the 8.5 km Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel on the Banihal-Qazigund line as India's longest tunnel. There is a ₹ 368 crore parallel 9.35 km long safety tunnel, compliant with international technical specifications, with cross passages at every 500 meters for evacuation. Bridge no. 64, which connects to the tunnel, cost ₹ 283.5 crore.
Route
Jiribam-Imphal line has following stations, 1 existing and the rest new at the time of construction:- Jiribam railway station
- Vangaichungpao railway station, halt.
- Kamranga railway station, intermediate halt.
- Sribar railway station, intermediate halt.
- Ranigaon railway station, intermediate halt.
- Vangaichungpao railway station, intermediate halt.
- Khongsang railway station, major station.
- Rani Gaidinliu railway station, major station.
- Haipou Jadonang Kambiron railway station, intermediate halt.
- Noney railway station, major station near world's tallest pier bridge.
- Tupul railway station, first hill station in Manipur enroute.
- Thingu railway station, intermediate halt.
- Phayeng railway station, halt.
- Imphal railway station, major station.
Current status
Current status of Jiribam-Imphal line:2025 May: Out of total 111 km Jribam-Imphal line, 50% or 55.36 km Jiribam-Khongsang section was completed and operationalised in 2022, while remaining 18.25 km Khongsang-Noney and 37.02 km Noney-Imphal sections are under construction. 65% work, based on the actual budget, was complete by March 2024, with the project expected to be fully completed by December 2026.Imphal-Moreh line
Details
Imphal-Moreh line: planned Rs 6,000 crore 111 km long future phase to India-Myanmar border at Moreh-Tamu as part of India's Act East policy, requiring tunnels or bridges in hilly areas near Tengnoupal and Myanmar border, will eventually connect to Myanmar’s rail network via proposed Kalay-Kyigone-Moreh line of TAR.Route
It has the following proposed Stations:- Imphal
- Kakching
- Pallel
- Tengnoupal
- Moreh.