Mariani Junction railway station explained

Mariani Junction
Type: Indian Railways junction station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Dhodar Ali Road, Mariani, Jorhat, Assam
Country:India
Elevation:117m (384feet)
Line:Lumding–Dibrugarh section
Furkating–Jorhat–Mariani branch line
Structure:Standard broad gauge
Platform:3
Tracks:5
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Closed:No
Rebuilt:Yes (MG Station to BG Station)
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Northeast Frontier Railway
Status:Functioning
Map Type:India Assam#India
Map Dot Label:Mariani

Mariani Junction Railway Station is the major railway junction of Jorhat district in the Indian state of Assam on the Lumding–Dibrugarh section. It serves Jorhat city, Mariani and its surrounding area as well. The railway station is located at a distance of from Jorhat city.

Amenities

Mariani junction has three platforms, two double-bedded retiring rooms, computerized railway reservation system, parking facilities, vegetarian food stalls and free high speed Google RailWire WiFi.[1]

Mariani diesel locomotive shed

NFR's upcoming second fully-fledged state of art dedicated EMD locomotive shed.With an aim to further upgrade the maintenance of diesel locomotives in the North Eastern region and to ease the pressure faced by the New Guwahati Diesel Locomotive Shed, the Indian Railways is now coming up with two more such sheds in Assam, which will be located at Mariani. A diesel locomotive shed is being constructed after being removed out of Railway Quarters and used to handle 50 EMD WDP4Ds & WDG4Ds Dual Cab locomotives, which have a range of 4,500 horsepower.There will be around 500 personnel, including engineers and artisans, in both the upcoming sheds.Afterwards, Tinsukia Division will have its own locomotive shed, as presently it has trip sheds.After that, Northeast Frontier Railway will get its fourth locomotive shed, the second locomotive shed in Assam after the New Guwahati shed, to ease pressure on Malda Town locomotive shed, Siliguri socomotive shed, and New Guwahati locomotive shed. The expected completion and commission is March 2018.

Major trains

  1. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)[2]
  2. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)[3]
  3. Guwahati–Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express
  4. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
  5. New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express
  6. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
  7. New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
  8. Dibrugarh–Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[4]
  9. Dibrugarh–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[5]
  10. Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[6]
  11. Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
  12. Guwahati–Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express
  13. Guwahati–Dibrugarh Town Nagaland Express
  14. Jorhat Town–Tinsukia Passenger
  15. Guwahati–Mariani BG Express
  16. Tinsukia–Lumding Express
  17. Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express
  18. Rangiya–New Tinsukia Express
  19. Silchar–New Tinsukia Barak Brahmaputra Express

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway. Indian Railways . 10 July 2013.
  2. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia). indiarailinfo.com.
  3. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat). indiarailinfo.com.
  4. Web site: 15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT). indiarailinfo.com.
  5. Web site: Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar. indiarailinfo.com.
  6. Web site: Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati. indiarailinfo.com.

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