Guwahati railway station

Guwahati গুৱাহাটী गुवाहाटी
Express train and Passenger train station
Guwahati Railway station
General information
Location	Paltan Bazaar, Guwahati, Assam, India
Coordinates	26°10′56″N 91°45′01″E
Elevation	56.22 metres (184.4 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Line(s)	Barauni-Guwahati Line Guwahati–Lumding section
Platforms	7
Connections	Auto Rickshaw, Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	GHY
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Division(s)	Lumding
History
Opened	1900 (1900)
Electrified	Under Construction
Previous names	Assam Bengal Railway
Location
Guwahati Location within Assam

Guwahati railway station is located in the heart of Guwahati, Assam. Just behind the Guwahati Railway Station is the Assam State Transport Corporation Bus Station. This is in the Paltan Bazaar area of Guwahati from where most of the private bus companies operate connecting Guwahati with the rest of the state and the Northeast.

To reduce the traffic on the Guwahati junction, there is another railway station in the city at Maligaon is Kamakhya railway station. Almost all newly introduced trains run from Kamakhya station only. There were plans to make a new railway station at Beltola (in the southern part of Guwahati) to introduce trains towards Shillong. Plans have not been finalized and still in process.

Other stations

There are few other stations in and around the city accessible area. They are Narengi, New Guwahati, Azara, Amingaon, Changsari, Kamakya,Agthori and pandu

• Kamakhya Junction railway station : This station is located some 10 km from heart of the city, and is a preferred station for tourists visiting the Kamakhya temple of goddess Kamakhya.
• Narangi railway station : Among these Narengi station is used only for halting trains coming from north-eastern states.
• New Guwahati railway station :This station is used for freight services as it is close the Guwahati Refinery.
• Azara railway station : This station is near Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
• Amin Gaon railway station : This is on the northern side of the city was the old station when the Saraighat Bridge was not constructed.
• Agthori railway station : The station Agthori is on the north Guwahati side near the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
• Pandu Railway Station : This station is near the heart of the city and very close to the shore of the mighty Brahmaputra river. Pandu port is nearby this station.

Trains

Some important train that origins/terminates :

Train No.	Train Name	Train Type	Arrivals	Arrival Time	Departures	Departure Time
12067	Guwahati Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express	Jan Shatabdi	Daily (except Sun)	6:30	Daily (except Sun)	18:35
12085	Guwahati−Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express	Shatabdi	Mon, Wed, Fri	14:05	Tue, Thu, Sat	12:10
12088	Naharlagun−Guwahati Shatabdi Express	Shatabdi	Tue, Thu, Sat	11:00	Mon, Wed, Fri	15:20
12501	Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express	Sampark Kranti	Tue, Fri	08:45	Wed, Sat	6:15
12517	Kolkata – Guwahati Garib Rath Express	Garib Rath	Mon, Fri	15:40	Wed, Sat	21:00

External links

• Guwahati railway station at the India Rail Info

Preceding station		Indian Railway		Following station
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Terminus		Template:Indian Railways lines Guwahati–Lumding section		Template:Indian Railways stations toward Template:Indian Railways stations