New Domohani railway station

26°34′10″N 88°47′09″E / 26.5695°N 88.7858°E / 26.5695; 88.7858Elevation84 metres (276 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byNortheast Frontier RailwayLine(s)New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon sectionPlatforms2Tracks5ConstructionStructure typeStandard on groundParkingAvailableOther informationStation codeNQH Zone(s) NFR Division(s) AlipurduarHistoryElectrifiedYesPrevious namesNorth Bengal State RailwayPassengersapprox 2,538,009 passengers per year Services

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Jalpaiguri Road towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section		New Maynaguri Junction towards ?

Location
New Domohani railway station Location in West Bengal

New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
Legend
km New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section 136 Abhayapuri 124 Boitamari 111 Chapar 88 Bilasipara 76 Bagribari 66 Alamganj Bamnai River 64 Dhubri Ghat 63 Dhubri 56 Gauripur 49 Balajan ex MG connection to Bamanhat New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line to New Cooch Behar 47 Golokganj 43 Moterjhar Bamnai River 35 Basbari 26 Monglajhora 16 Tipkai Gangia River 9 Saptagram New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section 256 New Bongaigaon IOCL Bongaigaon railway siding 251 Dangtal Kujia River 244 Basugaon Champabati River 237 Salakati Tarang River 228 Kokrajhar Gourang River 223 Sesapani 218 0 Fakiragram Junction Heli River Loshka River 212 Pratap Khata Gangia River 207 Chautara Pagla River Mara Jaima River 194 Guabari 189 Gossaigaon Hat 182 Srirampur Assam Hawraphuta River Assam West Bengal border Sankosh River 172 Jorai Sankosh River Raidāk River 164 Kamakhyaguri Raidāk River 159 Chepani Halt 154 Samuktala Road New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar– Samuktala line Gadadhar River Bala River Nonai River 144 New Alipurduar Kaljani River 133 New Baneswar New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line to Golokganj Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to Bamanhat 125 New Cooch Behar Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line to Alipurduar Junction New Mal–Changrabandha– New Cooch Behar line 115 Pundibari 111 Sajerpar Torsa River 103 Ghoksadanga 96 Gumanihat 87 Falakata Mujnai River 83 Khirerkote Duduya River 78 Salbari 72 Kolaigram 65 Dhupguri 58 Altagram Jaldhaka River 49 Betgara 45 New Maynaguri planned Y connection (under construction) 41 New Domohani New Mal–Changrabandha line Teesta River 33 Jalpaiguri Road New Jalpaiguri-Haldibari line 26 Raninagar Jalpaiguri 18 Belakoba 9 Ambari Falakata New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar– Samuktala Road line Darjeeling Himalayan Railway narrow gauge line 0 New Jalpaiguri Katihar–New Jalpaiguri line
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New Domohani railway station (Station code:NQH) is a railway junction station which serves Domohani, and lies along the bank of River Teesta, the other station is Domohani railway station (station code DOI) which lies in New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. New Domohani station lies in New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line of Northeast Frontier Railway in Alipurduar railway division.

History

The old Domohani railway station which is situated around 2 km northwest of the new station was the Jalpaiguri headquarters of the erstwhile Bengal Dooars Railway, 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. 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 and the rest of eastern Bengal, with the headquarters at Lalmonirhat, now in Bangladesh thus giving it access to the Calcutta main route. Located on the eastern bank of the Teesta, 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 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.^[1]

Accident

On 13 January 2022, Thursday, train number 15633 Bikaner–Guwahati Express, travelling from Bikaner Junction to Guwahati railway station got derailed between New Domohani and New Maynaguri railway station near Siliguri in West Bengal at around 4:30pm.^{[2] [3]}

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