New Bongaigaon Junction railway station

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.

New Bongaigaon Junction
Regional Rail & Commuter Rail Station
General information
Location	Dangtol Road, New Bongaigaon Railway Colony, New Bongaigaon-783381, Assam  India
Coordinates	26°28′33″N 90°33′47″E
Elevation	58 metres (190 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Barauni-Guwahati line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section New Bongaigaon–Jogihopa–Kamakhya line
Platforms	7 (1,1A,1B,2,3,4,5)
Tracks	12
Connections	Auto-rickshaw Stand
Construction
Structure type	Over Tunia River
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NBQ
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Rangiya
History
Opened	1965
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Assam Bengal Railway
Passengers
50K/Day ( high)
Services
Location

History

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

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 Samuktala Road 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]

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

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

References

1. 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. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
2. "IR History: Part V (1970–1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
3. "50 years of Saraighat bridge". The Times of India. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
4. "CCEA approves Rs. 506 crores for Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati section". Projects Today. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "Rail budget 2013: Wait for electric trains in India's North-East gets longer". First post economy. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
8. "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
9. "C&W Workshop, New Bongaigaon". C&W Workshop. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
10. "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)". indiarailinfo.com.
11. "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)". indiarailinfo.com.
12. "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North)". indiarailinfo.com.
13. "SMVT Bangalore-Agartala Humsafar Express". indiarailinfo.com.
14. "Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express". indiarailinfo.com.
15. "Silchar-Coimbatore Express". confirmtkt.com.
16. "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
17. "New Tinsukia Tambaram Express". indiarailinfo.com.
18. "Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar". indiarailinfo.com.
19. "15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT)". indiarailinfo.com.
20. "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati". indiarailinfo.com.
21. "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Rangapara North". indiarailinfo.com.
22. "Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express". indiarailinfo.com.
23. "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
24. "Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Lohit Express". indiarailinfo.com.
25. "Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt Kaziranga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
26. Mishra, Sudhanshu (25 March 2013). "Train without engine travels 20 km in Barmer". India Today. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
27. Bihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck
28. "Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express". indiarailinfo.com.
29. "15647/Mumbai LTT - Guwahati Express (Via Malda Town) (PT)". indiarailinfo.com.
30. "15655/Kamakhya - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express". indiarailinfo.com.
31. "Kamakhya Mumbai LTT Karmabhoomi Express". indiarailinfo.com.
32. "Udaipur City Kamakhya Kavi Guru Express". indiarailinfo.com.
33. "Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail". indiarailinfo.com.
34. "19305/Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Kamakhya Weekly Express (PT) - Indore to Kamakhya WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
35. "15661/Ranchi - Kamakhya Weekly Express - Ranchi to Kamakhya NFR/Northeast Frontier Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
36. "Puri Kamakhya Express". indiarailinfo.com.
37. "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.
38. "13248/Rajendra Nagar Terminal - Kamakhya Capital Express - Patna to Kamakhya ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

External links

• New Bongaigaon Junction railway station at the India Rail Info

External videos
New Bongaigaon railway station

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Dangtal towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section and New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section		Bongaigaon towards ?
Terminus		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Bongaigaon–Jogihopa–Amakhya line		Majgaon towards ?