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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 / 26.4757°N 90.5630°E / 26.4757; 90.5630
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

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——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."

New railway track from New Bongaigaon——to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.

Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carried 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.

Track doubling※

Doubling of the track between New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya via Rangia has been approved in the Railway Budget for 2013–14. A double-line track is there between Samuktala Road and New Bongaigaon.

Amenities※

New Bongaigaon has two double-bedded retiring rooms, computerized railway reservation system, waiting room and vegetarian and non vegetarian food stalls.

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.

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

References※

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 ?