New Bongaigaon Junction railway station

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New Bongaigaon Junction is a railway junction station of Barauni–Guwahati line and New Bongaigaon–Jogihopa–Kamakhya line of Northeast Frontier Railway. It is the one and only railway station in India which is located over the Tunia River. It is the largest railway station with Carriage & Wagon Workshop in Rangiya railway division.

LocationDangtol Road, New Bongaigaon Railway Colony, New Bongaigaon-783381, Assam
 India
Coordinates26°28′33″N 90°33′47″E
Elevation58 metres (190 ft)
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NEW BONGAIGAON JUNCTION
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LocationDangtol Road, New Bongaigaon Railway Colony, New Bongaigaon-783381, Assam
 India
Coordinates26°28′33″N 90°33′47″E
Elevation58 metres (190 ft)
SystemRegional Rail & Commuter Rail Station
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorNortheast Frontier Railway
Lines
Platforms7 (1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Tracks12
ConnectionsAuto-rickshaw Stand
Construction
Structure type
At grade
ParkingParking Available
Cycle facilities
Bicycle facilities Available
AccessibleDisabled access Yes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeNBQ
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier
Division(s) Rangiya
History
Opened1965
Electrified Yes
Former namesAssam Bengal Railway
Passengers
50K/Day (Increase high)
Services
Waiting RoomCafeteriaCloak RoomElevatorCCTV SurveillanceWifiRetiring Room
Location
New Bongaigaon Junction is located in India
New Bongaigaon Junction
New Bongaigaon Junction
Location within India
New Bongaigaon Junction is located in Assam
New Bongaigaon Junction
New Bongaigaon Junction
Location within Assam
New Bongaigaon Junction is located in India
New Bongaigaon Junction
New Bongaigaon Junction
Location within India
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History

Construction of the 265 km (165 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Siliguri–Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, brought broad-gauge railways to Assam. It also was the reason for setting up the New Bongaigaon railway station.[1]

A new railway track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.[2]

Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carrying a metre-gauge track, which was later replaced by broad gauge.[3]

Electrification

Electrification of the Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008.[4] In the document on Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme, in the list of ongoing projects the entire route km (836) is shown as balance work as on 1 April 2010.[5] The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by 2022.[6]

Track doubling

Doubling of the track between New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya via Rangia was approved in the Railway Budget for 2013–14.[7] A double-line track is there between Samuktala Road and New Bongaigaon.[6]

Amenities

New Bongaigaon has two double-bedded retiring rooms, computerized railway reservation system, waiting room and vegetarian and non vegetarian food stalls.[8]

Workshop

The Carriage and Wagon Workshop is located about 2 km west of New Bongaigaon railway station. It was set up in sixties and has maintenance, as well as manufacturing facilities.[9]

Major trains

  1. Kamakhya–Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper Express
  2. New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
  3. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)[10]
  4. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)[11]
  5. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)[12]
  6. Sairang–Anand Vihar Terminal Rajdhani Express
  7. Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Humsafar Express[13]
  8. Naharlagun - Anand Vihar Terminal AC Superfast Express
  9. Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express
  10. Kamakhya - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal AC Superfast Express
  11. Dibrugarh - Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express
  12. Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  13. Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  14. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express[14]
  15. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[15]
  16. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[16]
  17. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
  18. New Tinsukia–Chennai Tambaram Express[17]
  19. New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express
  20. New Tinsukia - Darbhanga Jivacch Link Express
  21. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
  22. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[18]
  23. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[19]
  24. Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
  25. Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[20]
  26. Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North[21]
  27. Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express[22]
  28. Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
  29. Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
  30. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
  31. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[23]
  32. New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
  33. Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
  34. Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express[24]
  35. Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express[25]
  36. Guwahati - Bikaner Express[26][27]
  37. Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
  38. Guwahati - Barmer Express
  39. Guwahati–Secunderabad Express
  40. Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express[28]
  41. Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express[29]
  42. Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
  43. Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
  44. Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express[30]
  45. Kamakhya–Gandhidham Superfast Express
  46. Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express.[31]
  47. Kamakhya–Rohtak Amrit Bharat Express
  48. Kamakhya - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express
  49. Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express[32]
  50. Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
  51. Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail[33]
  52. Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express[34]
  53. Kamakhya - Ranchi Express[35]
  54. Kamakhya - Puri Express via Howrah[36]
  55. Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
  56. Kamakhya–Gaya Express
  57. Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express[37]
  58. Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
  59. Kamakhya - Gomti Nagar Express
  60. Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Express[38]
  61. Kamakhya - Alipurduar Intercity Express
  62. New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Express
  63. New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
  64. Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express
  65. Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express

See also

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