Parking No Phone 085073 40017 Platforms in use 2 | Structure type Standard on ground Elevation 101 m | |
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Location KB Road, Furkating, AssamIndia Line(s) Lumding-Dibrugarh sectionFurkating-Jorhat-Mariani branch line Similar Mariani Junction railway st, Diphu railway station, Lumding Junction railway st, Dimapur railway station, New Tinsukia Junction r | ||
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.
The Mariani-Furkating line was operated by Jorhat-Provincial Railway.
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.
Amenities
Furkating railway station has a double-bedded retiring room.
References
Furkating Junction railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA