New Bongaigaon
City
Nickname: 
City of Railway
Assam Bongaigaon district
Assam Bongaigaon district
New Bongaigaon
Location in Assam, India
Assam Bongaigaon district
Assam Bongaigaon district
New Bongaigaon
New Bongaigaon (India)
Coordinates: 26°28′41″N 90°33′40″E / 26.478°N 90.561°E / 26.478; 90.561
Country India
StateAssam
RegionWestern Assam
DistrictBongaigaon
Zone1
Bongaigaon Municipal Board29 September 1989
Founded byGovernment of Assam
Government
  TypeMayor–Council
  BodyBongaigaon Municipal Board
  Deputy CommissionerS.P Nandi, (IAS)
  SuperintendentN Gogoi, (IPS)
Area
  City874 km2 (337 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Population
  City174,810 (incl Bongaigaon)
  Rank117th in India
  Metro
109,863 (3rd)
Languages
  OfficialAssamese, English, Bengali
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
783381
Telephone code03664
Vehicle registrationAS-19
Literacy91.56 (2011)%
Legislature typeRailway Town
Planning agency9
Sex ratio912 per 1000 male (Census 2011) /
Distance from Delhi1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi)
Distance from Mumbai1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi)
Distance from Guwahati165 kilometres (103 mi) west
ClimateSemi-Arid (Köppen)
Precipitation1,717.7 millimetres (67.63 in)
Avg. annual temperature26 °C (79 °F)
Summer temperature38 - 40 °C
Winter temperature33 - 28 °C
Websitenewbongaigaon.nic.in
† Estimated as on 2014

New Bongaigaon (/bɒŋˈɡɡ/ ; is a borough of the City of Bongaigaon in the Indian state of Assam. The City included or new part of municipal board of Bongaigaon. The borough consists a major railway junction, i.e. New Bongaigaon Railway Junction which serves greater population of Bongaigaon City and it's nearby districts. Its a major railway station of entire NFR zone. Northeast Frontier Railway's biggest railway workshop is also located in New Bongaigaon along with its large quarter complex.

Railways

Bongaigaon falls under the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. There are two stations in Bongaigaon - New Bongaigaon railway station (2nd largest railway junction of Assam state) and Bongaigaon (old) station. Major trains serving Bongaigaon with major cities are Guwahati Rajdhani Express, Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express, Saraighat Express, Brahmaputra Mail, North-East Express, Guwahati Bangalore Express, Guwahati Ernakulam Express, Kamrup Express. It is the largest station in Western Assam after Guwahati. According to 2012 budget, New Bongaigaon Jn. is considered to be the Adarsh Station of India.

Biodiversity Special train name Science Express stands on platform of New Bongaigaon Railway Junction
Dibrugrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express on the platform no.3 of New BNGN Jn. Station

Construction of the 265 km (165 mi) long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Siliguri-Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, brought broad gauge railways to Assam. It also was the reason for setting up the New Bongaigaon railway station.[1]

New railway track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.[2]

Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carried a metre gauge track, which was later replaced by broad gauge.[3]

Electrification of New Bongaigaon Rly. Jn.

Electrification of the Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008.[4] 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.[5] The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by October, 2015.[6]

See also

References

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  2. "IR History: Part V (1970-1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. "50 years of Saraighat bridge". The Times of India. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. "CCEA approves Rs. 506 crores for Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati section". Projectstoday.com. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  5. "Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme" (PDF). Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  6. "Rajya Sabha unstarred question no. 1677 to be answered on 7 December 2012". Ministry of Railways. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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