Editing Transport in Bhutan (section)

==Rail==
{{anchor|Proposed rail}}
{{main article|Rail transport in Bhutan}}

Bhutan has no railways.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://go.worldbank.org/PR19M9SR60 |title=Bhutan–Railway Data |publisher=[[World Bank]] |access-date=2011-07-26}}</ref> On 25 January 2005 the king of Bhutan and the prime minister of India signed an agreement to establish the following the link and initiated the feasibility study. These rail links are listed from west to east and subcategorised by connection to respective states of India:<ref name=rl1/>

* [[West Bengal]] state of India:
** [[Banarhat–Samtse line]],<!--NOTE: Retain the red link to encourage article creation.--> ? km: from [[Banarhat]] in India to border town [[Samtse]] in Bhutan.<ref name=rl1>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//pointers-26.html |title=Pointers March 2005 |publisher=[[Railway Gazette International]] online |date=2005-03-01 |access-date=2011-07-26}}</ref>
** "[[Hasimara–Phuentsholing-Pasakha line]]"<!--NOTE: Retain the red link to encourage article creation.--> (Hasimara–Toribari-Pasakha line), ? km long: from [[Hasimara]] to (Toribari)[[Phuentsholing]] and then further 18 km to [[Pasakha]].<ref name=rl1/> In December 2009 the king of Bhutan approved the final plan to build an {{convert|11|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}, {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] rail link between Hashimara in West Bengal and Toribari in Bhutan. The railway, via Satali, Bharna Bari and Dalsingpara, will be built and owned by [[Indian Railways]].<ref name="times2009">{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6970997.ece| work=The Times| date=2009-12-30 | title=Isolated Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan to get its first railway link| first=Jeremy| last=Page| publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd| access-date=2011-06-10 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

* [[Assam]] state of India:
** "[[Kokrajhar–Gelephu line]]",<!--NOTE: Retain the red link to encourage article creation.--> 57 km long: From [[Kokrajhar (town)|Kokrajhar]] in Assam in India to border town of [[Gelephu]] in Bhutan. The survey was completed in April 2023 and construction will be completed by 2026. This will be the first line to be constructed and after that remaining lines will be constructed.<ref name=lh1>[https://www.livehindustan.com/national/story-first-international-train-services-between-india-bhutan-soon-8545172.html रेल में बैठकर जा सकेंगे विदेश, 2026 तक इस खूबसूरत देश तक बिछ जाएगी पटरी, Live Hindustan, 5 aug 2023.</ref><ref name=rl1/>
** [[Pathsala–Nganglam line]],<!--NOTE: Retain the red link to encourage article creation.--> 40 km: from [[Pathsala]] in India to border town Nganglam (Naglam) in Bhutan.<ref name=rl1/>
** [[Rangiya–Darrang–Samdrup Jongkhar line]],<!--NOTE: Retain the red link to encourage article creation.--> 60 km: from [[Rangiya|Rangia]] & Darrang in India to bordertown [[Samdrup Jongkhar]] in Bhutan.<ref name=rl1/>