Golakganj railway station
Indian Railways junction station
General information
LocationGolakganj, District: Dhubri, Assam
India
Coordinates26°06′30″N 89°49′51″E / 26.1083°N 89.8307°E / 26.1083; 89.8307
Elevation31 metres (102 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railway
Line(s)Fakiragram–Dhubri branch line
New Cooch Behar–Golakganj branch line.
Platforms2
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
Parkingyes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeGKJ
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s) Alipurduar
History
Opened1900–1910?
Previous namesEastern Bengal Railway
Location
Golakganj railway station is located in Assam
Golakganj railway station
Golakganj railway station
Location in Assam
Golakganj railway station is located in India
Golakganj railway station
Golakganj railway station
Location in India

Golakganj is a railway junction station on the Fakiragram–Dhubri branch line and the New Cooch Behar–Golakganj branch line. A new line is being laid to connect Golakganj with Jogighopa. It is located in Dhubri district in the Indian state of Assam. This station serves the Golakganj town. Important trains like Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express,[1] Siliguri–Dhubri Intercity Express[2] are available from this station.

Geography

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Places in the south-eastern portion of Dinhata subdivision in Cooch Behar district, western part of Dhubri district, northern part of Kurigram district and northern part of Lalmonirhat district, all linked with development of railways in the area
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, RS: railway station
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

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.[3][4]

History

In pre-independence days (in the early 1900s), there was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge line: Katihar–Radhikapur–Biral–Parbatipur–Tista–Gitaldaha–Golakganj–Fakiragram.[5]

With the partition of India in 1947, railways in Assam got delinked from that of the rest of India. Indian Railway took up the Assam Link Project in 1948 to build a metre-gauge rail link between Fakiragram and Kishanganj. Fakiragram was connected to the Indian railway system in 1950.[6]

In the mid 1960s, the first 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line was laid in the area from New Jalpaiguri to Jogihopa via New Bongaigaon.[7][8]

The Fakiragram–Dhubri line was opened in September 2010 after conversion to broad gauge.[9]

Up to the sixties there was a 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, entirely through Indian territory. The line became operable in 2012.[10] Dhubri–New Jalpaiguri Inter-city Express via New Cooch Behar was introduced in February 2012.[11]

Note: The map alongside presents the position as it stands today (2020). The international border was not there when the railways were first laid in the area in the 19th–20th century. It came up in 1947. Since then, it has been an effort to live up to the new realities. The map is 'Interactive' (the larger version) – it means that all the places shown in the map are linked in the full screen map.

References

  1. ↑ "05418/Silghat Town - Alipurduar Rajya Rani Special". indiarailinfo.com.
  2. ↑ "Siliguri-Dhubri Intercity Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  3. ↑ "Dhubri district at a glance". Dhubri district administration. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "District Disaster Management Plan of Dhubri" (PDF). Dhubri district administration. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Geography – International". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Some Milestones of NF Railway". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Gauge conversion project in Assam". The Hindu Business Line. 24 May 2000. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mamata flags off two trains- Dhubri–Kamakhya link after 22-year wait". The Telegraph. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  10. ↑ "Dhubri–Bengal Link Soon". The Telegraph. 29 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "Two new trains flagged off". The Telegraph. 12 February 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Moterjhar
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Gauripur
towards ?
Terminus Northeast Frontier Railway zone
New Cooch Behar–Golokganj branch line
 Agomoni
towards ?
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