New Bongaigaon Junction railway station explained


New Bongaigaon Junction
Type:Regional Rail & Commuter Rail Station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Dangtol Road, New Bongaigaon Railway Colony, New Bongaigaon-783381, Assam
Elevation:58m (190feet)
Line:
Other:Auto-rickshaw Stand
Structure:Over Tunia River
Platform:7 (1,1A,1B,2,3,4,5)
Tracks:12
Parking: Available
Bicycle: Available
Opened:1965
Electrified: Yes
Accessible: Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Northeast Frontier Railway
Status:Functioning
Former:Assam Bengal Railway
Passengers:50K/Day
Map Dot Label:New Bongaigaon Junction railway station
Mapframe:Yes

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

Construction of the 2650NaN0-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.[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

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 has been approved in the Railway Budget for 2013–14.[7] A double-line track is there between 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. New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express
  2. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)[10]
  3. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)[11]
  4. Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)[12]
  5. Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Humsafar Express[13]
  6. Naharlagun - Anand Vihar Terminal AC Superfast Express
  7. Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express
  8. Kamakhya - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal AC Superfast Express
  9. Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  10. Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
  11. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express[14]
  12. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[15]
  13. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[16]
  14. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
  15. New Tinsukia–Chennai Tambaram Express[17]
  16. New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express
  17. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
  18. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[18]
  19. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[19]
  20. Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
  21. Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[20]
  22. Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North[21]
  23. Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express[22]
  24. Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express
  25. Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
  26. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
  27. Agartala - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[23]
  28. New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
  29. Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
  30. Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express[24]
  31. Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express[25]
  32. Guwahati - Bikaner Express[26] [27]
  33. Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express
  34. Guwahati - Barmer Express
  35. Guwahati–Secunderabad Express
  36. Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express[28]
  37. Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express[29]
  38. Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express
  39. Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
  40. Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express[30]
  41. Kamakhya–Gandhidham Superfast Express
  42. Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express.[31]
  43. Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express[32]
  44. Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express
  45. Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail[33]
  46. Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express[34]
  47. Kamakhya - Ranchi Express[35]
  48. Kamakhya - Puri Express via Howrah[36]
  49. Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Adra)
  50. Kamakhya–Gaya Express
  51. Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express[37]
  52. Kamakhya - Delhi Northeast Express
  53. Kamakhya - Gomti Nagar Express
  54. Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Express[38]
  55. Kamakhya - Alipurduar Intercity Express
  56. New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express
  57. Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express
  58. Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal. Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy. page 60. 1986. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059. 81-7022-089-0. 12 May 2013.
  2. Web site: IR History: Part V (1970–1995). IRFCA. 12 May 2013.
  3. Web site: 50 years of Saraighat bridge. https://archive.today/20130103140000/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-07/guwahati/34971728_1_bridge-stretches-assam-governor-brahmaputra . dead . 3 January 2013 . 7 November 2012. . 12 May 2013.
  4. Web site: CCEA approves Rs. 506 crores for Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati section . Projects Today. 12 May 2013.
  5. Web site: Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme . Ministry of Railways, Government of India . 12 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710212957/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/planning/downloads/vision_2020_blue_050411.pdf . 10 July 2012 . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Rajya Sabha unstarred question no. 1677 to be answered on 7 December 2012. Ministry of Railways. 12 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160114013450/http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/website/quest.asp?qref=185965. 14 January 2016. dead.
  7. Web site: Rail budget 2013: Wait for electric trains in India's North-East gets longer . First post economy . 12 May 2013.
  8. Web site: Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway . Indian Railways . 12 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121119052312/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/retiring/retnefr1.jsp . 19 November 2012 . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: C&W Workshop, New Bongaigaon . C&W Workshop . 12 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141103040547/http://cwmnbq.com/Wc48bc1ce2faa3.htm . 3 November 2014 . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia). indiarailinfo.com.
  11. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat). indiarailinfo.com.
  12. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North). indiarailinfo.com.
  13. Web site: SMVT Bangalore-Agartala Humsafar Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  14. Web site: Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  15. Web site: Silchar-Coimbatore Express. confirmtkt.com.
  16. Web site: Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  17. Web site: New Tinsukia Tambaram Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  18. Web site: Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar. indiarailinfo.com.
  19. Web site: 15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT). indiarailinfo.com.
  20. Web site: Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati. indiarailinfo.com.
  21. Web site: Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Rangapara North. indiarailinfo.com.
  22. Web site: Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  23. Web site: Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  24. Web site: Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Lohit Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  25. Web site: Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt Kaziranga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  26. News: Train without engine travels 20 km in Barmer . India Today . Sudhanshu . Mishra . 25 March 2013 . 19 July 2022.
  27. http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bihar-1-injured-2-coaches-guwahati-bikaner-express-derails-659231 Bihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck
  28. Web site: Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  29. Web site: 15647/Mumbai LTT - Guwahati Express (Via Malda Town) (PT). indiarailinfo.com.
  30. Web site: 15655/Kamakhya - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  31. Web site: Kamakhya Mumbai LTT Karmabhoomi Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  32. Web site: Udaipur City Kamakhya Kavi Guru Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  33. Web site: Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail. indiarailinfo.com.
  34. Web site: 19305/Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Kamakhya Weekly Express (PT) - Indore to Kamakhya WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry. indiarailinfo.com. 2021-09-13.
  35. Web site: 15661/Ranchi - Kamakhya Weekly Express - Ranchi to Kamakhya NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry. indiarailinfo.com. 2021-09-13.
  36. Web site: Puri Kamakhya Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  37. Web site: 15621/Kamakhya - Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly Express (PT) - Kamakhya to Anand Vihar Terminal NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry. indiarailinfo.com. 2021-09-13.
  38. Web site: 13248/Rajendra Nagar Terminal - Kamakhya Capital Express - Patna to Kamakhya ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry. indiarailinfo.com. 2021-09-13.

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