Fakiragram is a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

station on the

New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

Barauni–Guwahati line The Barauni–Guwahati railway line connects Barauni, Saharsa, Purnia and Katihar in the Indian state of Bihar and in Assam via Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar in West Bengal. It is a linkage of prime importance for Northeaste ...

and is located in

Kokrajhar district Kokrajhar district is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. It is predominantly inhabited by the Boro tribe. The district has its headquarters located at Kokrajhar Town and occupies an area of . It has two civil s ...

in the Indian state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. A branch line from Fakiragram connects to

Dhubri Dhubri (Pron: ˈdhubri) is an old town and headquarter of Dhubri district in Indian state of Assam. It is an old town on the bank of the Brahmaputra river, with historical significance. In 1883, the town was first constituted as a Municipal Bo ...

Trains

Major Trains: * Guwahati - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express * Tambaram-Silghat Town Nagaon Express *

Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express The ''Kanchanjunga Express'' is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between (Kolkata) and in India. It is currently operated with 13173/13174 train numbers on a four-days-a-week basis. It is named after the Kangch ...

Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express The ''Kanchanjunga Express'' is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13175/13176 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis. It is named after the Kangchenjunga pea ...

* Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Guwahati * Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express Via Rangapara North * Kamakhya - Delhi Brahmaputra Mail *

New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

* Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express *

Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express The 15769 / 70 Alipurduar Junction - Lumding Junction Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 15769 from to and as train ...

Alipurduar–Kamakhya Intercity Express Alipurduar - Kamakhya Intercity Express is an intercity train of the Indian Railways connecting Alipurduar in West Bengal and Kamakhya in Assam. It is currently being operated with 15771/15772 train numbers on a daily basis. Service The 1577 ...

History

Fakiragram railway station came up with the construction of the Golokganj–Amingaon railway line by Assam-Behar State Railway in the 1900–1910 period. During the period Assam was connected to the rest of India entirely through eastern Bengal. In pre-independence days, there was a metre-gauge line ––––

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–––Fakiragram. With the partition of India in 1947, the railway link to Assam through East Bengal was broken and Assam got delinked from the rest of India. Indian Railways took up the Assam Link Project in 1948 to build a rail link between

Fakiragram Fakiragram is a railway station on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line and is located in Kokrajhar district in the Indian state of Assam. A branch line from Fakiragram connects to Dhubri. Trains Major Train ...

and . Fakiragram was connected to the Indian railway system in 1950. Construction of the -long broad gauge in the –

Jogighopa Jogighopa is a small town located on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Bongaigaon district in the state of Assam, India. Within the city, there are the remains of the five rock cut caves which are assumed to be examples of Mlec ...

line, between 1963 and 1965, brought broad-gauge railways to Assam. Fakiragram–Dhubri line was opened in September 2010 after conversion to broad gauge.

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. The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by October, 2015.

Amenities

Fakiragram railway station has one double-bedded retiring room.

References

{{Railway stations in Assam Railway junction stations in Assam Railway stations in Kokrajhar district Alipurduar railway division