During 1989, Government of Assam took the decision to create a new district Bongaigaon, carving out some areas of Goalpara and Kokrajhar districts with it's headquarters located at Bongaigaon.
From that gate Bongaigaon, which is the sixth largest city of Assam, is 78 km away.
Cluster I and V matches were played in Guwahati, Cluster II matches were played in Mangaldoi, Cluster III matches will be played in Shiv Sagar, Cluster V matches will take place in Tinsukia, while Cluster VI, VIII and VIII matches will be held in Nagaon, Bongaigaon and Korkrajar respectively.
Several express trains stops in this station, some of them are Alipur Duar Jn-Guwahati Passenger, Alipurduar Lumding Express, Guwahati-New Bongaigaon Jn Manas Rhino Passenger, Kamrup Express, Kanchenjunga Express, Brahmaputra Mail etc.