Owned by Indian Railways Parking No Opened 1903 Rebuilt 2010 | Structure type Standard on ground Elevation 30 m Owner Indian Railways Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location Station Road, Dhubri, Assam
India Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway Line(s) Fakiragram-Dhubri branch line Address Station Road, Bidyapara, Dhubri, Assam 783324 Similar Golokganj railway station, Fakiragram Junction railway st, Agomani railway station, Alipurduar Junction railway st, New Bongaigaon Junction r | ||
Dhubri is the terminal railway station on the Fakiragram-Dhubri branch line. It also links to the New Cooch Behar-Golokganj branch line. A new line is being laid to connect Dhubri with Jogighopa. It is located on the west bank of the Brahmaputra in Dhubri district in the Indian state of Assam.
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Geography
Dhubri district occupies the south-west corner of Assam. It borders on Bangladesh, and the Indian states of West Bengal and Meghalaya. The Brahmaputra divides the district into two parts. Tributaries of the Brahmaputra such as Gangadhar, Gaurang, Tipkai, Champamoti in the north and Jinjiram, Jinari and Kaloo in the south are all major contributors of floods in the area.
History
The Fakiragram-Dhubri line was opened in September 2010 after conversion to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge. Dhubri railway station had initially been opened in 1904. Flood waters had washed away the tracks in 1988. The 66 kilometres (41 mi) long line was ready after gauge conversion in 2010.
Up to the sixties there was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge railway link from Cooch Behar to Dhubri via Golokganj. It was then known as the Assam Line Railway Service. It also connected East Pakistan, even after partition. However, collapse of the rail-cum-road bridge over the Gadadhar in the seventies ended that link. The bridge has been rebuilt and the track laid again as broad gauge. Dhubri-New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via Alipurduar Jn was introduced in February 2012.