New Bongaigaon Railway Station

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.

History

Construction of the -long 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.

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

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

Electrification

Electrification of the Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008. 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. The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by 2022.

Track doubling

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

Amenities

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

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.

Gallery

File:New_Bongaigaon_Junction_railway_station_2016.jpg, Front of the station from another side
File: New Bongaigaon Station Night.jpg, New Bongaigaon Junction station night view with decorated light
File:Plateform No. 2 or 3, New Bongaigaon.jpg, Platform No. 3/2 of New Bongaigaon Junction Station

Major trains

# New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
# Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)
# Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)
# Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)
# Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Humsafar Express
# Naharlagun - Anand Vihar Terminal AC Superfast Express
# Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express
# Kamakhya - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal AC Superfast Express
# Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
# Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
# Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express
# Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express
# Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
#Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
# New Tinsukia–Chennai Tambaram Express
# New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express
#Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
# Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
# Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express
#Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
# Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati
# Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North
# Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express
# Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
# Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
# Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
# Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express
#New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
#Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
# Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express
# Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express
# Guwahati - Bikaner ExpressBihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck
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# Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
# Guwahati - Barmer Express
# Guwahati–Secunderabad Express
# Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express
# Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
# Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
# Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
# Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express
# Kamakhya–Gandhidham Superfast Express
# Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express.
# Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express
# Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
# Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail
# Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express
# Kamakhya - Ranchi Express
# Kamakhya - Puri Express via Howrah
# Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
# Kamakhya–Gaya Express
# Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express
# Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
#Kamakhya - Gomti Nagar Express
# Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Express
# Kamakhya - Alipurduar Intercity Express
# New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
#Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express
#Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express

See also

* North Eastern Railway Connectivity Project
* North Western Railway zone

References

External links

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{{Railway stations in Assam

Railway junction stations in Assam
Railway stations in Bongaigaon district
Rangiya railway division
Transport in Bongaigaon
Railway stations in India opened in 1965