Agthori railway station
Agthori | |||||
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Indian Railway Station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | IIT Guwahati, Assam India | ||||
Coordinates | 26°12′3.20″N 91°41′9.64″E / 26.2008889°N 91.6860111°E | ||||
Elevation | 52 metres (171 ft) | ||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||
Connections | Auto stand | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||
Parking | No | ||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Single Diesel-Line | ||||
Station code | AGT | ||||
Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | ||||
Division(s) | Lumding | ||||
History | |||||
Electrified | No | ||||
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Agthori Railway Station is a small railway station in Guwahati, Assam. Its code is AGT. It serves Guwahati City. The station consists of 2 platforms and is located next to the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
The station is located on the New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section of the Barauni–Guwahati line. It is located at a distance of 13.9 km from the Guwahati Railway Station.
It is also connected to the Amingaon Container Depot[1] of Container Corporation of India via a line of approximately 686 m in length.
The station is currently not served by any long distant trains and is served by only passenger trains, which are as follows:-
- 55801/55802 Manas Rhino Passenger
- 55753/55754 Shifung Passenger
- 55801/55810 Guwahati-New Bongaigaon Passenger
The station serves the areas of North Guwahati, Amingaon and Hajo. Some of the places of interest which can be accessed from the station are as follows:-
- Hayagriva Madhava Temple
- Hajo Powa Mecca
- Madan Kamdev Temple
- Kedareswara Temple
North Guwahati
- Dirgheshwari temple
- Doul Govinda Temple
- Janardan temple
- Mani-Karneswar Temple
- Aswaklanta Temple
- Rudreswar Temple
- Auniati Satra
References
External links
- Agthori railway station at the India Rail Info
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