Location Rangia, AssamIndia Structure type Standard on ground Elevation 53 m Phone 098644 94446 Platforms in use 5 | Parking yes Opened 1909 | |
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Line(s) New Bongaigaon-Guwahati sectionRangia-Murkongselek sectionBarauni-Guwahati line Similar Kamakhya Junction railway st, New Bongaigaon Junction r, Dibrugarh railway station, New Tinsukia Junction r, Guwahati railway station | ||
Rangiya Junction railway station is a junction station on the New Bongaigaon-Guwahati section of Barauni-Guwahati line, and Rangia-Tezpur line of Rangia-Murkongselek section. It is located in Kamrup district in the Indian state of Assam. It serves Rangia and the surrounding areas.
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History
In 1883–84 the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge line of Assam Behar State Railway met the Eastern Bengal Railway’s 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge line at Parbatipur. It reached Katihar in 1888-89 and in 1909 it reached Amingaon on the banks of the Brahmaputra, which could be crossed by ferry to reach Guwahati.
The new broad gauge track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.
Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carried metre gauge tracks, which was later replaced by broad gauge tracks.
The 450 km (280 mi) long Rangia-Murkongselek line is being converted from 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge. As of 2013, the work is expected to be completed soon.
Electrification
Electrification of the Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008. In the document on Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme, in the list of ongoing projects the entire route km (836) is shown as balance work as on 1 April 2010.
Track doubling
Doubling of the track between New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya via Rangia has been approved in the railway budget for 2013-14.