Railway Stadium was also venue for football matches of national level. But now it is converted into Cricket Stadium by the Railway management. The stadium station had a seating capacity for 5,000. The plate group matches of Cooch Behar Trophy were also held here in 2008 besides some Under-22 fixtures of the BCCI in 2010. In 2012, the ground hosted match of Dhanbad Premier League a local T20 league based on the Indian Premier League.[3][4]