New Haflong railway station

New Haflong
Hill Station Indian Railways station
General information
LocationNew Halflong Station Road, Haflong, Dima Hasao district, Assam
India
Coordinates25°08′53″N 93°01′55″E / 25.1481°N 93.0319°E / 25.1481; 93.0319
Elevation446 metres (1,463 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier
Platforms3
Tracks4
ConnectionsAuto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNHLG
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s) Lumding
History
ElectrifiedYes
Location
New Haflong is located in Assam
New Haflong
New Haflong
Location in Assam
New Haflong is located in India
New Haflong
New Haflong
Location in India

New Haflong railway station is a main railway station in Dima Hasao district, Assam. Its code is NHLG. It serves Haflong town.

Station

The station consists of three platforms.[1][2][3] New Haflong lies on Lumding–Sabroom section provides the rail connectivity in Haflong with Guwahati and Silchar.[4]

Incidents

In 2022, following heavy rainfall in and around the town and Dima Hasao district, the train station was submerged and a train parked at the station was derailed.[5][6][7]

Major trains

Some of the important trains that runs from New Haflong are :

  1. New Delhi - Agartala Tejas Rajdhani Express[8]
  2. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - Agartala Humsafar Express[9]
  3. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Agartala AC Express
  4. Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  5. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express[10]
  6. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[11]
  7. Silchar–Secunderabad Express
  8. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[12]
  9. Agartala - Firozpur Cantonment Tripura Sundari Express
  10. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
  11. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[13]
  12. Silchar - New Tinsukia Barak Brahmaputra Express
  13. Rangiya–Silchar Express
  14. Guwahati–Dullabcherra Express

References

  1. ^ "NHLG/New Haflong". India Rail Info.
  2. ^ Passenger train derails, service temporarily affected
  3. ^ "Tripura rail link to south India". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Lumding-Silchar railway track opened for goods traffic". Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Assam floods: Haflong railway station inundated due to heavy downpour; passengers rescued". 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Assam's Haflong swept by landslides; activists blame 'development'". 18 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Railway Station Drowns 😱 in Assam floods | New Haflong | Indian Railways | Train Videos". YouTube. 19 May 2022.
  8. ^ "New Delhi - Agartala Tejas Rajdhani Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  9. ^ "SMVT Bangalore-Agartala Humsafar Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  10. ^ "Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  11. ^ "Silchar-Coimbatore Express". confirmtkt.com.
  12. ^ "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  13. ^ "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.


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