Naharlagun | |
Type: | Regional rail and Light rail station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Naharlagun, Yupia Road, Arunachal Pradesh |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 1380NaN0 |
Line: | Harmuti-Naharlagun section |
Structure: | Standard |
Platform: | 3 |
Parking: | Yes |
Electrified: | No |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Northeast Frontier Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India Arunachal Pradesh |
Map Dot Label: | Naharlagun |
Map Size: | 250 |
Naharlagun railway station is a railway station located in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh. It is about to the state capital Itanagar.
Following Indian Railway's goal of providing connectivity to all state capitals of the northeastern region, a survey was conducted in 1997 for a new line from Harmuti to Itanagar and the project was sanctioned in 1996–97 Railway Budget as a metre-gauge line.[1] The approval of the state government was received in 2006, but the alignment had to be changed in 2010 on the request of the state government and finally the line was taken up as a broad-gauge line from Harmuti to Naharlagun.
The engine trial run was completed on 15 October 2012, but the railway station was only opened on 7 April 2014.[2] On the same day a Naharlagun–Dekargaon Passenger was inaugurated.[3] [4] The station has three platforms. Many trains are running from Naharlagun Station at present.
The trains originating/halting at Naharlagun are as follows: