New Domohani railway station (Station code:NQH) is a railway junction station which serves Domohani, and lies along the bank of

River Teesta Teesta River is a long river that rises in the Pauhunri Mountain of eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Rangpur, and enters the Bay of Bengal. It drains an area of . In India, it flows through ...

, the other station is Domohani railway station (station code DOI) which lies in

New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line The New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line are a set of 2 lines which connect , a border transit point near Indo-Bangladesh border in Cooch Behar district with the stations of New Mal in Jalpaiguri district and New Cooch Behar in Cooch ...

Jalpaiguri district Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of No ...

in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. New Domohani station lies in

New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

Barauni–Guwahati line The Barauni–Guwahati railway line connects Barauni, Saharsa, Purnia and Katihar in the Indian state of Bihar and in Assam via Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar in West Bengal. It is a linkage of prime importance for Northeast ...

Northeast Frontier Railway The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and e ...

Alipurduar railway division Alipurduar railway division is one of the five railway divisions under Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 15 January 1958 and its headquarter is located at Alipurduar in the state of West Ben ...

History

The old Domohani railway station which is situated around 2 km northwest of the new station was the

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is loca ...

headquarters of the erstwhile

Bengal Dooars Railway The Bengal Dooars Railway was formed in 1891 and amalgamated with the Eastern Bengal Railway in 1941. The Bengal Dooars Railway (shortened BDR) was one of the pioneering railway companies that operated from 1893 to 1941, in Bengal province of Br ...

, which was functional from 1891 to 1941. This important station was the centre for the railway timber industry which was fed by the forests of

Lataguri Lataguri is a census town in the Mal CD block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Lataguri is located outside the Gorumara National Park on National Highway No. 31. P ...

. Wooden railway sleepers laid all over the subcontinent was shipped from north Bengal originating from this railway head. Freight and passenger services connected this station with other regions in

Bengal Duars The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...

and the rest of

eastern Bengal Eastern Bengal may refer to: * East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British ...

, with the headquarters at

Lalmonirhat Lalmonirhat ( bn, লালমনিরহাট) is a town and district headquarters of Lalmonirhat District in the division of Rangpur, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in Sout ...

, now in Bangladesh thus giving it access to the Calcutta main route. Located on the eastern bank of the

Teesta Teesta River is a long river that rises in the Pauhunri Mountain of eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Rangpur, and enters the Bay of Bengal. It drains an area of . In India, it flows through ...

, timber was loaded and assembled here from throughout Bengal Dooars and ferried across the Teesta to Jalpaiguri near present-day Paharpur More and from Jalpaiguri it was transported to the Calcutta mainline. Now dried of its economic potential in the Indian nation state, this once bustling railway station is now defunct. Construction of the -long

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

Siliguri–Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, created broad-gauge railway links in North Bengal and Assam.

Accident

On 13 January 2022, Thursday, train number 15633

Bikaner–Guwahati Express The 15633/15634/25631/25632 Bikaner–Guwahati Express is an Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between in Rajasthan and in Assam in India. It is currently being operated with 15633/15634/25631/25632 train n ...

, travelling from Bikaner Junction to

Guwahati railway station Guwahati railway station (Station code: GHY) is located in the heart of the city of Guwahati, Assam. It is the first fully solar-operated railway station in India. It has been rated as A1-category station. Just behind the Guwahati Railway Stati ...

got derailed between and New Maynaguri railway station near

Siliguri Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian sta ...

at around 4:30pm.

References

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