New Bongaigaon Junction is an important railway junction station of Barauni–Guwahati line and New Bongaigaon–Jogihopa–Kamakhya line of Northeast Frontier Railway. It serves as the prime railway station for Bongaigaon District and is the one and only railway station in India which is located over the Tunia River. It is the largest railway station with Carriage & Wagon Workshop in Rangiya railway division. It is also Recognized as the second largest railway station in Assam as well as in the entire Northeast region after Guwahati, and a major gateway of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone in Assam. Around 150 trains halt in this station and 6 trains originate and terminate at this station. All the trains travelling through the route makes a scheduled halt at this prominent junction with the sole exception Agartala-Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Rajdhani Express which passes through without an intermediate station and Sairang-Kolkata Express is the only train that by-passes the junction through the Abhayapuri-Dhubri Route. Although some trains do not halt at nearby towns such Barpeta Road, Bijni, Sorbhog, Kokrajhar and Goalpara, but they remain accessible from New Bongaigaon Junction through extensive transport options including taxis, buses, auto rickshaws, e-rickshaws and 24/7 Rapido Services which eases commutabilty. Hence, this major junction is also widely used by the people of adjacent towns for their commutation.
History Construction of the -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.
A new railway track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.
Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carrying a metre-gauge track, which was later replaced by broad gauge.
Electrification Electrification of the Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008. 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. The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by 2022. As on 2026, The electrification project is completed in this station.
Track doubling Doubling of the track between New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya via Rangia was approved in the Railway Budget for 2013–14. A double-line track is there between and New Bongaigaon. Now, the double-line track has been extended to Guwahati both via the Rangiya Junction and Goalpara Town routes and is operational.
Amenities New Bongaigaon Junction has two double-bedded retiring rooms, computerized railway reservation system, AC and Non-AC waiting rooms and vegetarian and non vegetarian food stalls. It also has Elevator and Free-WiFi facilities. The railway station has extensive transport options including taxis, buses, auto rickshaws, e-rickshaws and 24/7 Rapido Services which eases commutabilty. Hence, this major junction is also widely used by the people of adjacent towns for their commutation. The station is currently undergoing upgradation and is expected to serve the passengers with better facilities in the near future, post upgradation.
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.
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List of trains halting Kamakhya – Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper Express Guwahati - New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia) Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat) Dibrugarh - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Rangapara North) Sairang – Anand Vihar Terminal Rajdhani Express (Via Malda Town) Agartala - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru Humsafar Express Naharlagun - Anand Vihar Terminal Arunachal AC Superfast Express Agartala - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Express Kamakhya - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru AC Superfast Express Dibrugarh - Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express Guwahati - New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Express Silchar - Coimbatore Express Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Superfast Express New Tinsukia–Tambaram Express New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express Dibrugarh - Kolkata Special Express Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express (via Guwahati) Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express (Via Rangapara North) Silghat Town - Tambaram Nagaon Express Silghat Town - Kolkata Kaziranga Express Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express Sabroom - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express Guwahati - Jammu Tawi Lohit Express Guwahati- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru Superfast Express Guwahati - Bikaner ExpressBihar: AC coach of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails after hitting truck Guwahati - Okha Dwarka Express Guwahati - Barmer Express Silchar – Charlapalli Express Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express Guwahati - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express Guwahati-Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express Guwahati - Kolkata Garib Rath Express Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express Kamakhya–Gandhidham Express Kamakhya - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Superfast Express. Kamakhya–Rohtak Amrit Bharat Express Kamakhya - Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express Kamakhya - Udaipur City Kavi Guru Express Kamakhya - Jodhpur, Bhagat Ki Kothi Express Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail Kamakhya - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express Kamakhya - Ranchi Express Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Howrah Jn.) Kamakhya - Puri Express (via Asansol Jn.) Kamakhya–Gaya Express Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Express Kamakhya - Anand Vihar Terminal Northeast Superfast Express Kamakhya - Gomti Nagar Express Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Express Kamakhya - Alipurduar Intercity Express New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Intercity Express New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Intercity Express Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express Alipurduar Jn. - Mariani Intercity Express Naharlagun - Hapa Weekly Express Naharlagun - Secundrabad AC Special Express Naharlagun - Santragachi Special Express Guwahati - Kanpur Central Special Express Agartala - Rani Kamalapati Weekly Express Agartala - Charlapalli Express Agartala - Kolkata Garib Rath Express
See also
North Eastern Railway Connectivity Project North Western Railway zone
References
External links
New Bongaigaon Junction Railway Guide