Guwahati railway station

Guwahati Junction গুৱাহাটী गुवाहाटी
Indian Railway Station
Guwahati Railway station
Location	Paltan Bazaar, Guwahati, Assam  India
Coordinates	26°10′56″N 91°45′01″E / 26.1821°N 91.7504°ECoordinates: 26°10′56″N 91°45′01″E / 26.1821°N 91.7504°E
Elevation	56.22 metres (184.4 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Barauni-Guwahati Line Guwahati–Lumding section
Platforms	7
Connections	Auto Rickshaw, Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	GHY
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Lumding
History
Opened	1900
Electrified	Under Construction
Previous names	Assam Bengal Railway
Services
Location
Guwahati Junction গুৱাহাটী गुवाहाटी Location within Assam

Guwahati Junction is located in the heart of Guwahati, Assam. Just behind the Guwahati Railway Station is the Assam State Transport Corporation Bus Station. This is in the Paltan Bazaar area of Guwahati from where most of the private bus companies operate connecting Guwahati with the rest of the state and the Northeast.^[1]

To reduce the traffic on the Guwahati junction, there is another railway station in the city at Maligaon is Kamakhya railway station. Almost all newly introduced trains run from Kamakhya station only. There were plans to make a new railway station at Beltola (in the southern part of Guwahati) to introduce trains towards Shillong. Plans have not been finalized and still in process.

Other stations

There are few other stations in and around the city accessible area. They are Narengi, New Guwahati, Azara, Amingaon, Rangiya, Changsari, Digaru and Agthori.

• Kamakhya Junction Railway Station : This station is located some 10 km from heart of the city, and is a preferred station for tourists visiting the Kamakhya temple of goddess Kamakhya.
• Narengi station : Among these Narengi station is used only for halting trains coming from north-eastern states.
• New Guwahati station :This station is used for freight services as it is close the Guwahati refinery.
• Azara station : This station is near Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
• Amingaon station : This is on the northern side of the city was the old station when the Saraighat bridge was not constructed.
• Agthori station : The station Agthori is on the north Guwahati side near the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

Amenities

Guwahati railway station has 3 double-bedded deluxe and 2 double-bedded non deluxe AC retiring rooms; 2 five-bedded, 2 double-bedded Non AC retiring rooms and a 12 bedded dormitory. There are 7 platforms in the station and they are interconnected with foot over bridge (FOB).

Train services

Some of the important trains originate and terminate through Guwahati junction are:^[2]

Train No.	Train Name	Origin	Destination	Frequency
55801/02	Manas Rhino Passenger	New Bongaigaon	Guwahati	Daily
55615/16	Guwahati - Silchar BG Fast Passenger	Guwahati	Silchar	Daily
12067/68	Guwahati Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express	Guwahati	Jorhat Town	Except Sunday
12345/46	Saraighat Express	Howrah Junction	Guwahati	Daily
12235/36	Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express	Dibrugarh	New Delhi	Weekly
12423/24	Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express	Dibrugarh Town	New Delhi	Daily
12435/36	Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express	Dibrugarh Town	New Delhi	Bi weekly
12501/02	Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express	Guwahati	New Delhi	Tri weekly
12505/06	Guwahati Anand Vihar Terminal North East Express	Guwahati	Anand Vihar Terminal	Daily
12507/08	Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express	Guwahati	Trivandrum	Weekly
12509/10	Guwahati Bangalore Express	Guwahati	Bangalore	Tri weekly
12513/14	Guwahati - Secunderabad Express	Secunderabad Junction	Guwahati	Weekly
12515/16	Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express	Trivandrum Central	Guwahati	Weekly
12517/18	Kolkata – Guwahati Garib Rath Express	Kolkata	Guwahati	Bi weekly
12525/26	Dibrugarh - Kolkata Express	Kolkata	Dibrugarh	Weekly
14055/56	Brahmaputra Mail	Dibrugarh	Delhi Junction	Daily
15603/04	Kamakhya Ledo Inter City Express	Kamakhya	Ledo	Daily
15605/06	Kamakhya - Dibrugarh Intercity Express	Kamakhya	Mariani	Daily
15609/10	Avadh Assam Express	New Tinsukia	Lalgarh	Daily
15617/18	Guwahati - Naharlagun Inter City Express	Guwahati	Naharlagun	Daily
15629/30	Guwahati - Chennai Egmore Express	Chennai Egmore	Guwahati	Weekly
15631/32	Barmer - Guwahati Express	Barmer	Guwahati	Bi weekly
15635/36	Dwarka Express	Okha	Guwahati	Weekly
15639/40	Puri - Guwahati Express	Puri	Guwahati	Weekly
15645/46	Mumbai LTT - Guwahati Express	Mumbai LTT	Guwahati	Bi weekly
15647/48	Mumbai LTT- Guwahati Express	Mumbai	Guwahati	Weekly
15651/52	Lohit Express	Guwahati	Jammu Tawi	Weekly
15653/54	Amarnath Express	Guwahati	Jammu Tawi	Weekly
15657/58	Kanchanjunga Express	Sealdah	Guwahati	Daily
15665/66	BG Express	Kamakhya	Dimapur	Daily
15901/02	Dibrugarh-Bangalore Express	Bangalore	Dibrugarh	Weekly
15903/04	Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express	Dibrugarh	Chandigarh	Weekly
15905/06	Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express	Dibrugarh	Kanyakumari	Weekly
15929/30	Dibrugarh - Chennai Egmore Express	Chennai Egmore	Dibrugarh	Weekly
15933/34	Amritsar-Dibrugarh Express	Dibrugarh	Amritsar	Weekly
15941/42	Jhajha Dibrugarh Express	Jhajha	Dibrugarh	Weekly
15959/60	Kamrup Express	Howrah	Dibrugarh	Daily
25610	Jivachh Link Express	Darbhanga	Guwahati	Daily
25631	Bikaner Guwahati Express	Bikaner	Guwahati	Bi weekly

References

1. "Guwahati Railway station on searchmytrain.com". searchmytrain.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
2. "Guwahati Railway station on indiarailinfo.com". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

External Links

• Guwahati Railway station map

Preceding station		Indian Railway		Following station
Kamakhya Junction		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Barauni–Guwahati line		Terminus
Terminus		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Guwahati–Lumding section		New Guwahati