New Maynaguri railway station

New Maynaguri railway station is one of the 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.

New Maynaguri Junction
Indian Railways junction station
One of the platforms of New Maynaguri Junction railway station
General information
LocationStation Road, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates26.5784°N 88.8228°E / 26.5784; 88.8228
Elevation86 metres (282 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railway
Line(s)
Platforms3
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeNMX
Zone(s) NFR
Division(s) Alipurduar
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
New Domohani
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Betgara
towards ?
Location
New Maynaguri Junction is located in West Bengal
New Maynaguri Junction
New Maynaguri Junction
Location in West Bengal
New Maynaguri Junction is located in India
New Maynaguri Junction
New Maynaguri Junction
Location in India

Trains

Major trains:

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.[10] [11]

The railway station

New Maynaguri railway station is at an elevation of 86 metres (282 ft) and was assigned the code NMX.[12]

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.[13]

References

  1. "Chennai Egmore-Silghat Town Nagaon Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  2. "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  3. "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  4. "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati". indiarailinfo.com.
  5. "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Rangapara North". indiarailinfo.com.
  6. "Teesta Torsha Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  7. "Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail". indiarailinfo.com.
  8. "Sealdah Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  9. "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon Express". runningstatus in.
  10. "Breaking news live updates: Death toll rises to 5 in Bikaner-Guwahati train accident". timesofindia.com.
  11. "Death toll rises to 7 as Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derails in Bengal's Jalpaiguri". indiatoday.in.
  12. "New Maynaguri railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  13. 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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