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.
[4] During the tenure of the military ruler Ershad government, the train movement on this route was stopped unannounced for the first time.
[4] 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.
[4] Ever since the undeclared closure of the BNP-Jamaat coalition government, an influential quarter has been looking at the huge resources of the railways.
[4] Later, the railway line from Shaistaganj to Habiganj was lifted and a bypass road was constructed.
[4] 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.
In the meantime, valuable equipment of the road and furniture of the station house have been looted.
The locals demanded that the train be restarted on this railway line soon to protect the tradition of the junction.
[1][5] After the Awami League government came to power in 2008, railway minister late Suranjit Sengupta was accorded a reception by the people of Shaistaganj.
[4] When Suranjit Sen became a political victim, the train from Habiganj Sadar to Balla could not be started again.
[4] 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.