This important station was the centre for the railway timber industry which was fed by the forests of Lataguri.

Now dried of its economic potential in the Indian nation state, this once bustling railway station is now defunct.

Construction of the 265 km (165 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Siliguri–Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, created broad-gauge railway links in North Bengal and Assam.

[1] On 13 January 2022, Thursday, train number 15633 Bikaner–Guwahati Express, travelling from Bikaner Junction to Guwahati railway station got derailed between New Domohani and New Maynaguri railway station near Siliguri in West Bengal at around 4:30pm.

This article about a railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal is a stub.