Fakiragram Junction railway station
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Fakiragram Junction | |||||
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 Indian Railways stationJunction station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Fakiragram, Kokrajhar, Assam India | ||||
| Coordinates | 26°21′53″N 90°11′11″E / 26.3646°N 90.1865°E | ||||
| Elevation | 43 metres (141 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line Fakiragram–Golokganj–Dhubri branch line | ||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
| Parking | yes | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | FKM | ||||
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Alipurduar | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1900–1910 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Previous names | Eastern Bengal Railway | ||||
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Fakiragram is a railway station on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line and is located in Kokrajhar district in the Indian state of Assam. A branch line from Fakiragram connects to Dhubri.[1]
Trains
[edit]Major Trains:
- Guwahati - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express[2]
- Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express[3]
- Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express[4]
- Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express[5]
- Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Guwahati[6]
- Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North[7]
- Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail[8]
- New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express[9]
- Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express
- Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express
- Alipurduar–Kamakhya Intercity Express
History
[edit]Fakiragram railway station came up with the construction of the Golokganj–Amingaon railway line by Assam-Behar State Railway in the 1900–1910 period. During the period Assam was connected to the rest of India entirely through eastern Bengal.[10]
In pre-independence days, there was a metre-gauge line Katihar–Radhikapur–Biral–Parbatipur–Teesta–Gitaldaha–Golokganj–Fakiragram.[11]
With the partition of India in 1947, the railway link to Assam through East Bengal was broken and Assam got delinked from the railway network in the rest of India. Indian Railways took up the Assam Link Project in 1948 to build a rail link between Fakiragram and Kishanganj. Fakiragram was connected to the Indian railway system in 1950.[12]
Construction of the 265 km (165 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in the New Maynaguri–Jogighopa line, between 1963 and 1965, brought broad-gauge railways to Assam.[13][14]
Fakiragram–Dhubri line was opened in September 2010 after conversion to broad gauge.[15]
Electrification
[edit]Electrification of the Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008.[16] 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.[17] The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by October, 2015.[18]
Amenities
[edit]Fakiragram railway station has one double-bedded retiring room.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fakiragram Junction Railway Station". india9. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Guwahati-Bengaluru Cantt Kaziranga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Rangapara North". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "Dibrugarh Delhi Brahmaputra Mail". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon Express Express". indiarailinfo.com.
- ^ John Hurd and Ian J.Kerr (3 August 2012). India's Railway History: A Research Handbook. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leien, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-04-23003-3. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Geography – International". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Gauge conversion project in Assam". The Hindu Business Line. 24 May 2000. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Mamata flags off two trains- Dhubri–Kamakhya link after 22-year wait". The Telegraph. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "CCEA approves Rs. 506 crores for Barauni–Katihar–Guwahati section". Projects Today. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rajya Sabha unstarred question no. 1677 to be answered on 7 December 2012". Ministry of Railways. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ "Retiring rooms in Northeast Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
| Preceding station |  Indian Railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chautara towards ? | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | Kokrajhar towards ? | ||
| Terminus | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | Saptagram towards ? | ||