New Alipurduar is one of the four railway stations that serve Alipurduar city in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its station code is NOQ. The other three adjacent railway stations are (station code APDJ), Alipurduar Court (station code APDC) and Alipurduar (station code APD).
History
During British rule, all links from the northern part of Bengal and Assam to the rest of India were through the eastern part of Bengal. The most important connection was the CalcuttaâÂÂParbatipurâÂÂHaldibariâÂÂSiliguri link, first established in 1878 and then developed in stages (for details see HowrahâÂÂNew Jalpaiguri line). During the nineteenth century, Lalmonirhat was linked to the Dooars. In pre-independence days, a railway track running via Radhikapur, Biral, Parbatipur, Tista, Gitaldaha and Golokganj connected Fakiragram in Assam with Katihar in Bihar.
With the partition of India in 1947, all these links were lost. Indian Railways took up the Assam Link Project in 1948 to build a rail link between Fakiragram and Kishanganj. Fakiragram was connected to the Indian railway system in 1950 through the Indian portion of north Bengal with a track. The New JalpaiguriâÂÂNew Bongaigaon section was partly new construction, partly old line converted to broad gauge in 1966. The 265 km long broad gauge SiliguriâÂÂJogihopa railway line was constructed between 1963 and 1965.
Importance over other adjacent stations
Most of the long-distance trains from other parts of India pass through and stop at New Alipurdur railway junction as it is connected with double track to Assam and the rest of Bengal. The older Alipurduar Junction was on metre-gauge track that was converted to broad gauge much later and fewer trains pass through Alipurduar Jn station. This station is the biggest railway station in Alipurduar, with more than 90 trains stopping daily and three trains daily originating.
Major trains
- KamakhyaâÂÂHowrah Vande Bharat Sleeper Express
- New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
- New DelhiâÂÂDibrugarh Rajdhani Express (via New Tinsukia)
- New DelhiâÂÂDibrugarh Rajdhani Express (via Moranhat)
- New DelhiâÂÂDibrugarh Rajdhani Express (via Rangapara North)
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya TerminalâÂÂKamakhya AC Superfast Express
- Dibrugarh - Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express
- Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express
- SilcharâÂÂCoimbatore Superfast Express
- Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
- DibrugarhâÂÂKanyakumari Vivek Express
- DibrugarhâÂÂAmritsar Express
- DibrugarhâÂÂChandigarh Express
- Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
- Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express
- DibrugarhâÂÂKolkata Superfast Express
- Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati
- DibrugarhâÂÂHowrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North
- Dibrugarh - Rajendra Nagar Terminal Express
- Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express
- Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
- Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
- Agartala - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
- New TinsukiaâÂÂSMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
- New TinsukiaâÂÂRajendra Nagar Weekly Express
- New Tinsukia - Darbhanga Jivacch Link Express
- New TinsukiaâÂÂTambaram Express
- Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express
- Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express
- Guwahati-Bikaner Express
- Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
- Guwahati - Barmer Express
- Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express
- Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
- Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
- Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
- KamakhyaâÂÂShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express
- KamakhyaâÂÂGandhidham Superfast Express
- Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
- Kamakhya - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express
- Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail
- Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
- KamakhyaâÂÂGaya Express
- Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
- New Alipurduar - Sealdah Padatik Superfast Express
- New Alipurduar - SMVT Bangalore Amrit Bharat Express
- SilcharâÂÂSecunderabad Express
- Bamanhat - Sealdah Uttar Banga Express
- New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Express
- New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
- New Alipurdiar - Sealdah Teesta Torsha Express
- AlipurduarâÂÂKamakhya Intercity Express
- Dibrugarh - Deogarh Express
*Other trains are available from nearby Alipurduar Junction railway station (APDJ).
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