New Maynaguri railway station is one of the railway stations which serve

Mainaguri Mainaguri is a town and a municipality in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is known as the "Gateway of the Dooars" and is a regionally significant tourist destination for "Jalpesh ...

in the

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 ...

of West Bengal, the other being Maynaguri Road Railway Station. The station lies on the

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 ...

and

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 ...

. The station lies on

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 ...

Trains

Major trains: * Chennai Tambaram - Silghat Town Nagaon Express * Sealdah–Agartala Kanchenjunga Express * Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express * Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati * Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North * Sealdah-New Alipurdiar Teesta Torsha Express * Delhi-Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Mail * Sealdah-Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express *

New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express 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, ...

Accident

On 13 th 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 New Damohani 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 ...

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 ...

at around 4:30pm in the evening.

The railway station

New Maynaguri railway station is at an elevation of and was assigned the code NMX.

History

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.

References

External links

Trains at New Maynaguri
Railway stations in Jalpaiguri district Alipurduar railway division {{WestBengal-railstation-stub