Furkating Junction railway station
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Furkating
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| Indian Railway Junction Station | |
| Location | KB Road, Furkating, Assam India |
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| 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 |
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Furkating is the main railway junction in the Golaghat district in the state of Assam in India.
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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
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- Trains at Furkating
Kaziranga National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage
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| Terminus | Northeast Frontier Railway zone |
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Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura
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- ↑ 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
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