Furkating Junction railway station

Furkating
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location KB Road, Furkating, Assam
India
Coordinates 26°27′56″N 94°00′10″E / 26.4655°N 94.0027°E / 26.4655; 94.0027Coordinates: 26°27′56″N 94°00′10″E / 26.4655°N 94.0027°E / 26.4655; 94.0027
Elevation 101 metres (331 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s) Lumding-Dibrugarh section
Furkating-Jorhat-Mariani branch line
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code FKG
Division(s) Tinsukia railway division
Location
Furkating railway station
Location in Assam

Furkating is the main railway junction in the Golaghat district in the state of Assam in India.

History

The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge railway track earlier laid by Assam Bengal Railway from Chittagong to Lumding was extended to Tinsukia on the Dibru-Sadiya line in 1903.[1][2]

The Mariani-Furkating line was operated by Jorhat-Provincial Railway.[1]

The project for the conversion of the Lumding-Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.[3]

Amenities

Furkating railway station has a double-bedded retiring room.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "History of Tinsukia Division". NF Railway. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Urban History of India: A Case-Study by Deepali Barua, pages 79-80, ISBN 81-7099-538-8, Mittal Publications, A-110 Mohan Garden, New Delhi - 110059
  3. ↑ "Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project". Process Register. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Retiring rooms in North East Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
Preceding station   Indian Railway   Following station
Oating
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Kamarbandha Ali
TerminusNortheast Frontier Railway zone
Golaghat
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