New Maynaguri Railway Station
New Maynaguri railway station is one of two railway stations which serve Mainaguri in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, the other being Maynaguri Road Railway Station. The station lies on the New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line and New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line of Northeast Frontier Railway. The station lies on Alipurduar railway division.
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
Accident
On 13 th January 2022, Thursday, train number 15633 Bikaner–Guwahati Express, travelling from Bikaner Junction to Guwahati railway station got derailed between New Damohani and New Maynaguri railway station near Siliguri in West Bengal at around 4:30pm in the evening.
The railway station
New Maynaguri railway station is at an elevation of 86 metres (282 ft) and was assigned the code NMX.
History
Construction of the 265 km (165 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Siliguri–Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, created broad-gauge railway links in North Bengal and Assam.
References
- ^ "Chennai Egmore-Silghat Town Nagaon Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Rangapara North". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Teesta Torsha Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Sealdah Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon Express". runningstatus in.
- ^ "Breaking news live updates: Death toll rises to 5 in Bikaner-Guwahati train accident". timesofindia.com.
- ^ "Death toll rises to 7 as Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derails in Bengal's Jalpaiguri". indiatoday.in.
- ^ "New Maynaguri railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal (1986). Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059. p. 60. ISBN 81-7022-089-0. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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