NEW JALPAIGURI JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION ( NJP) :

NEW JALPAIGURI JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION ( NJP) :

AddressWard 35, Nayapara, Siliguri, West Bengal 734007


New Jalpaiguri Junction Railway Station (NJP) is a railway station which serves the city Siliguri, the largest metropolis of North Bengal.





















The railway station is the larges serves as the lifeline of the Northeastern states .NJP acts as a connecting base for the Northeastern states to the Indian mainland.










HISTORY:

Around 1949, Siliguri Junction station, a new station north of the old Siliguri Town railway station, came up with several metre gauge lines converging on it. In addition there was the narrow gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway running from Siliguri Town station to Darjeeling via Siliguri Junction.                                                                     

The Assam Rail Link Project, completed in 1950, linked the railways in Assam, with a metre gauge line to Kishanganj. The line running across North Bengal, spanned the Teesta, Torsha, and Sankosh rivers.


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