But the historic toll tax office, which was once the largest revenue collection centre in the country, has been submerged by the Ganga after erosion of the banks.

Mr. Prashant Kumar Mishra, Chief Workshop Engineer of Eastern Railway, who is also holding the additional charge of DRM of Malda Division, said on 14 September 2019 that the Jangipur station building, the most well-known landmark of the area with its thick brick walls, high roof, arches, wooden window shades has been given a new lease of life after structural repairs.

The company wanted to conduct detailed traffic surveys and explore financial viability before deciding to set up a railway network in India.

The first report of the directors of East India Rail Company had made mention of two million tonnes of inland traffic between Calcutta, the N.W.

G.Ashburner of Messers Macintyre and Company in his letter dated 2 September 1844 to R Macdonald Stephenson stated, "I am satisfied indeed after very careful enquiry and minute attention to the subject that no country in the world has ever offered so tempting a field for the investment of capital in railways as the Valley of Ganges from one extremity to the other."