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Naharlagun railway station is a railway station located in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh. It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the state capital Itanagar.




History


Following Indian Railway's goal of providing connectivity to all state capitals of the northeastern region, a survey was conducted in 1997 for a new line from Harmuti to Itanagar and the project was sanctioned in 1996–97 Railway Budget as a metre-gauge line.
The approval of the state government was received in 2006, but the alignment had to be changed in 2010 on the request of the state government and finally the line was taken up as a broad-gauge line from Harmuti to Naharlagun.




Opened


The engine trial run was completed on 15 October 2012, but the railway station was only opened on 7 April 2014. On the same day a Naharlagun–Dekargaon Passenger was inaugurated.
The station has three platforms. Many trains are running from Naharlagun Station at present.




Major Trains


The trains originating/halting at Naharlagun are as follows:

15618/ Naharlagun–Shokhüvi Donyi Polo Express
22411/ Naharlagun–Anand Vihar Terminal Arunachal AC SF Express
12087/ Naharlagun–Guwahati Shatabdi Express
15908/ Naharlagun–Tinsukia Intercity Express
Naharlagun – Dekargaon Passenger




References

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• List of railway stations in India
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• Donyi Polo Express
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• Naharlagun–Guwahati Shatabdi Express
• Shokhüvi railway station
• Dekargaon railway station