Hili (হিলি) Railway Station

Hili (Bengali: হিলি ) is a railway station in Hakimpur Upazila in Dinajpur District of Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. It is right on the Bangladesh-India fringe and has area outskirt crossing courses of action. The opposite side of the fringe is additionally Hili - Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur.  From 1878, the railway course from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, to Siliguri was in two laps. The primary lap was a 185 km travel along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River, then over the stream in a ship and the second lap of the trip. A 336 km meter gage line of the North Bengal Railway connected Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri. 

The Kolkata-Siliguri principle line was changed over to wide gage in stages. The Shakole-Santahar segment was changed over in 1910-1914, when Hardinge Bridge was under development. The Hardinge Bridge was opened in 1915 and the Santahar-Parbatipur segment was changed over in 1924. The excursion to Kolkata from Hili was just eight hours preceding 1947. 

Amid segment of India, the India-Pakistan outskirt went through Hili town, with around three fourths of the town in East Pakistan, later Bangladesh. Hili railway station situated in Bangladeshi region is a short distance far from Indian Territory.

Here is a depiction of the exercises at Hili Railway Station in later years: "One stage I can recollect particularly where the train more often than not never stops, called Hili. Hili is an outskirt in the middle of Bangladesh and India and immense amount of products import and fare from that point in legitimate way. However, there are additionally unlawful way what I saw in transit.

Much exchange in the middle of Bangladesh and India goes on by means of the Hili border. Smuggling is uncontrolled at the Hili fringe. Carried products contain sugar, onion, saris, and medications and even stash drugs. Bangladesh outskirt gatekeepers hold up trains to help the smugglers.