New Bongaigaon Junction railway station
Regional Rail & Commuter Rail Station | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Dangtol Road, New Bongaigaon Railway Colony, New Bongaigaon-783381, Assam![]() | ||||
Coordinates | 26°28′33″N 90°33′47″E / 26.4757°N 90.5630°E | ||||
Elevation | 58 metres (190 ft) | ||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||
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Platforms | 7 (1,1A,1B,2,3,4,5) | ||||
Tracks | 12 | ||||
Connections | Auto-rickshaw Stand | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Over Tunia River | ||||
Parking | ![]() | ||||
Bicycle facilities | ![]() | ||||
Accessible | ![]() | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Functioning | ||||
Station code | NBQ | ||||
Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||
Division(s) | Rangiya | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1965 | ||||
Electrified | ![]() | ||||
Previous names | Assam Bengal Railway | ||||
Passengers | |||||
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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. The one and only railway station in India which is located over a river named Tunia. It is the largest railway station with Carriage & Wagon Workshop in Rangiya railway division.
History
[edit]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]
New railway track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.[2]
Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carried a metre-gauge track, which was later replaced by broad gauge.[3]
Electrification
[edit]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
[edit]Doubling of the track between New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya via Rangia has been approved in the Railway Budget for 2013–14.[7] A double-line track is there between Samuktala Road and New Bongaigaon.[6]
Amenities
[edit]New Bongaigaon has two double-bedded retiring rooms, computerized railway reservation system, waiting room and vegetarian and non vegetarian food stalls.[8]
Workshop
[edit]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]
Gallery
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Front of the station from another side
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New Bongaigaon Junction station night view with decorated light
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Platform No. 3/2 of New Bongaigaon Junction Station
Major trains
[edit]- New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
- Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)[10]
- Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)[11]
- Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)[12]
- Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Humsafar Express[13]
- 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[14]
- Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[15]
- Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[16]
- Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
- New Tinsukia–Chennai Tambaram Express[17]
- New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express
- Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
- Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[18]
- Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[19]
- Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
- Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[20]
- Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North[21]
- Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express[22]
- Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
- Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
- Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
- Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[23]
- New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
- Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
- Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express[24]
- Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express[25]
- Guwahati - Bikaner Express[26][27]
- Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
- Guwahati - Barmer Express
- Guwahati–Secunderabad Express
- Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express[28]
- Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express[29]
- Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
- Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
- Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express[30]
- Kamakhya–Gandhidham Superfast Express
- Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express.[31]
- Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express[32]
- Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
- Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail[33]
- Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express[34]
- Kamakhya - Ranchi Express[35]
- Kamakhya - Puri Express via Howrah[36]
- Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
- Kamakhya–Gaya Express
- Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express[37]
- Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
- Kamakhya - Gomti Nagar Express
- Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Express[38]
- Kamakhya - Alipurduar Intercity Express
- New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
- Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express
- Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express
References
[edit]- ^ Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal (1986). Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059. ISBN 81-7022-089-0. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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ignored (help) - ^ "IR History: Part V (1970–1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "50 years of Saraighat bridge". The Times of India. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "CCEA approves Rs. 506 crores for Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati section". Projects Today. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme" (PDF). Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Rajya Sabha unstarred question no. 1677 to be answered on 7 December 2012". Ministry of Railways. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "Rail budget 2013: Wait for electric trains in India's North-East gets longer". First post economy. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "C&W Workshop, New Bongaigaon". C&W Workshop. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "SMVT Bangalore-Agartala Humsafar Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Silchar-Coimbatore Express". confirmtkt.com.
- ^ "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "New Tinsukia Tambaram Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT)". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Rangapara North". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Lohit Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt Kaziranga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ Mishra, Sudhanshu (25 March 2013). "Train without engine travels 20 km in Barmer". India Today. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Bihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck
- ^ "Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "15647/Mumbai LTT - Guwahati Express (Via Malda Town) (PT)". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "15655/Kamakhya - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Kamakhya Mumbai LTT Karmabhoomi Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Udaipur City Kamakhya Kavi Guru Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "19305/Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Kamakhya Weekly Express (PT) - Indore to Kamakhya WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "15661/Ranchi - Kamakhya Weekly Express - Ranchi to Kamakhya NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Puri Kamakhya Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "15621/Kamakhya - Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly Express (PT) - Kamakhya to Anand Vihar Terminal NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "13248/Rajendra Nagar Terminal - Kamakhya Capital Express - Patna to Kamakhya ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- New Bongaigaon Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
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Dangtal towards ?
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Northeast Frontier Railway zone | Bongaigaon towards ?
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Terminus | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | Majgaon towards ?
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