• Source: Furkating Junction railway station

Furkating is the main railway junction in the Golaghat district in the state of Assam in India. It serves Golaghat town which is about 6 km away from here.




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.
The Mariani–Furkating line was operated by Jorehaut Provincial Railway till 1943.
The project for the conversion of the Lumding–Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.




Amenities


Furkating railway station has two platforms and a double-bedded retiring room.
It is also equipped with free wifi.




Major trains


Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express
Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
Dibrugarh–Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express
Dibrugarh–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati
Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
Guwahati–Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express
Guwahati–Dibrugarh Town Nagaland Express
Guwahati–Mariani BG Express
Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express
Rangiya–New Tinsukia Express




References






External links


Trains at Furkating
Kaziranga National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage

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• Furkating Junction railway station
• List of railway stations in India
• Mariani Junction railway station
• Merapani
• Jorhat Town railway station
• Avadh Assam Express
• Dibrugarh railway station
• FKG
• BG Express
• Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express