This station is nostalgic for Bengali people and very important with too many features. This is the Entry point to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Bangladesh and 7 sister states Assam, Arunachal, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya. The New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station was established in 1960. It is the largest as well as the busiest railway junction in Northeast India. This junction is the largest among the railway stations which serve the city of Siliguri, the largest metropolis of North Bengal. New Jalpaiguri Junction acts as a connecting base for the Northeastern states to the Indian mainland.