New Maynaguri railway station

New Maynaguri railway station is a railway junction station in Mainaguri town in the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.

New Maynaguri Junction
Indian Railways junction station
one of the platforms of New Maynaguri Jn railway station
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)New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section

Barauni–Guwahati line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line

New Maynaguri–Jogighopa line
Platforms3
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeNMX
Zone(s) NFR
Division(s) Alipurduar
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Betgara
Location
New Maynaguri Junction
Location in West Bengal
New Maynaguri Junction
Location in India

The railway station

New Maynaguri railway station is at an elevation of 86 metres (282 ft) and was assigned the code – NMX.[1]

History

Construction of the 265 km (165 mi)-long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad gauge Siliguri–Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, created broad-gauge railway links in North Bengal and Assam.[2]

References

  1. "New Maynaguri railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. 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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