Shaistaganj-Chunarughat railroad section's seven railway station established by Assam Bengal railway 1929 Habiganj Bazar–Shaistaganj–Balla line During the colonial British rule, train services were started by rail at Habiganj Mahukuma in Sylhet district of the then (Undivided British-India) Assam province.

The Shaistaganj-Balla railway line has a total of 7 stations (excluding Shaistaganj Junction), namely: Barkula, Shakir Muhammed, Sutang Bazar, Chunarughat, Amu Road, Assampara and Balla.

For this reason, the railway authorities built two more stations named Sutang Bazar and Barkula, known as remote areas.

[2] During the tenure of the military ruler Ershad government, the train movement on this route was stopped unannounced for the first time.

[2] A few days after the BNP came to power in 1991, the movement of the ballar train was again stopped unannounced.

[2] After the Awami League government came to power in 1996, the then Finance Minister late Shah AMS Kibria, (Member of parliament) elected from Habiganj Sadar-Lakhai Upazila (Habiganj-3) constituency, under the sincere political efforts of the late Shah AMS Kibria, the railway line was upgraded in 2000.

[2] Ever since the undeclared closure of the BNP-Jamaat coalition government, an influential quarter has been looking at the huge resources of the railways.

[2] Railway land worth crores of rupees has been occupied by breaking the name of politics.

Some employees are pocketing money by constructing buildings on railway land and installing tenants.

The locals demanded that the train be restarted on this railway line soon to protect the tradition of the junction.

[3][4] After the Awami League government came to power in 2008, railway minister late Suranjit Sengupta was accorded a reception by the people of Shaistaganj.

[2] When Suranjit Sen became a political victim, the train from Habiganj Sadar to Balla could not be started again.

[2] The expectations of the people of Chunarughat-Madhabpur upazila (Habiganj-4) have increased a lot after Mahbub Ali, (Member of parliament), became the state minister for civil aviation and tourism.

[9] A metre gauge link exists between Shahbajpur in Bangladesh and Mahisasan in India.

Habiganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 71.34%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 987 females per 1000 males.