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Guwahati railway station (Station code: GHY) is located in the heart of the city of
Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...
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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 ...
. It is the first fully solar-operated railway station in India. It has been rated as A1-category station. Just behind the Guwahati Railway Station is the Assam State Transport Corporation Bus Terminal. An
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-certified railway station, Guwahati Railway Station has been ranked 21 in cleanliness among the A1-category railway stations in India. To reduce the traffic on the Guwahati junction, there is another railway station in the city at
Maligaon The headquarters of Northeast Frontier Railway and Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium is situated here. The place is also known for goddess Durga pandals. There are several temples and places of worship in and around Maligaon. Hanuman Mandir, K ...
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Kamakhya railway station Kamakhya Junction railway station is a railway junction station located at Maligaon in Guwahati in the Indian state of Assam. Location The station lies near to the headquarters of Northeast Frontier Railway. It is the second-largest railway ...
. Almost all newly introduced trains run from the Kamakhya Jn. railway station only. There were plans to make a new railway station at Beltola (in the southern part of Guwahati) to introduce trains towards
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. Plans have not been finalized and are still in progress. Guwahati railway station became the first railway station to run entirely on solar-power. The solar panel installation project was commissioned in April 2017. In recent years the railway station got a 100 feet high Tri colour. It is the tallest tricolour among any railway stations in north east India.


Services for rolling stock

The station has a diesel locomotive shed with room for 80 locomotives. The sheds accommodate
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WDG-4D The Indian locomotive class WDG-4 (EMD GT46MAC) is a freight-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel in 1997–1998 for Indian Railways, where they are classed as WDG-4. ...
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WDG-4 The Indian locomotive class WDG-4 (EMD GT46MAC) is a freight-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel in 1997–1998 for Indian Railways, where they are classed as WDG-4. ...
and WDS class locomotives. The shed now also accommodates
WDP-4D The EMD GT46PAC or WDP4 is a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) of Varanasi, ...
locomotives. The station has a coach maintenance complex.


Station facilities

The station is the divisional headquarters for the Northeast Frontier Railway.It became the first ever Railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification from the National Green Tribunal for "providing passenger amenities in a clean and green environment". The station has seven platforms. It serves the long-distance trains of NFR.
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along with RailWire provided Free high speed Wifi until 2020. However, RailTel (RailWire's parent company) has confirmed that it will continue to provide free Wifi Internet services. Following services available in Guwahati Railway Station: * 03 (02 Bedded) Delux AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker/Charging point * 02 (02 Bedded) AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker * 02 (05 Bedded) Non AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker * 02 (02 Bedded) Non Ac Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker * 01 (12 Bedded) Non AC Dormitory with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker * Reserve VIP Lounge * Chemist Stall * High Speed Google Railwire Free Wi-Fi service * Upper Class/Lower Class Waiting Rooms having Free Wi-Fi/AC/TV/Charging points/Drinking water & separate Ladies/Gents Washrooms * Veg/Non Veg Food Court * Cafeteria * FOB with 10X Escalators/Elevators 4X * CCTV Surveillance * Cloak Room


Major Trains

* Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express * Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express * Avadh Assam Express * Agartala Rajdhani Express * Bangalore Humsafar Express * Aronai Superfast Express * Naharlagun Shatabdi Express * Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express *
Saraighat Express The 12345 /12346 ''Saraighat Express'' is a daily Superfast train which runs between Howrah, Kolkata (West Bengal) and (Assam), via in Siliguri, North Bengal. It is one of the premium trains that connects Kolkata to the north east, and is ...
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Kamrup Express The ''Kamrup Express'' is a daily Express train which connects Howrah (Kolkata) in West Bengal with Dibrugarh, a major town in upper Assam. Originally the train ran between Howrah and Guwahati (which is the district headquarters of Kamrup dis ...
* Kolkata Garib Rath Express *
Amarnath Express The 15653 / 54 Guwahati–Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Guwahati and Jammu Tawi in India. It operates as train number 15653 from Guwahati to Ja ...
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Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express The 22449 / 22450 ''Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express'' is one of the Sampark Kranti Express trains of Indian Railways. It connects New Delhi, the capital city of India with Guwahati, the capital city of Assam. The train is named as Poorvottar ...
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Kaziranga Superfast Express Kaziranga Tri-weekly Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Guwahati the capital of Assam and Bangalore the capital of Karnataka in India. It is currently being operated with ...
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Dwarka Express The 15635 / 15636 Dwarka Express is an Express train of the Indian Railways connecting in Gujarat and in Assam. It is currently being operated with 15635/15636 train numbers on a weekly basis. Coach composition The train consists of 22 coa ...
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Lohit Express The 15651 / 52 Guwahati–Jammu Tawi Lohit Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between & in India. It operates as train number 15651 from Guwahati to Jammu Tawi and as train ...
* Guwahati-Secunderabad Express * Bikaner-Guwahati Express * Silchar-Coimbatore Express * Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express * Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express * Kanchanjunga Express *
Tripura Sundari Express The 14619 / 14620 ''Tripura Sundari Express'' is a weekly Express train belonging to Northern Railway Zone of India, that runs between the cities, Agartala in (Tripura) and Firozpur in (Punjab) state. It is currently being operated with 146 ...
* Dibrugarh - Mumbai LTT Express *
Barmer–Guwahati Express Barmer - Guwahati Express is an Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Barmer in Rajasthan and Guwahati in Assam. It is currently being operated with 15631/15632 train numbers on bi-weekly basis. Service ...
* New Tinsukia SMVT Bengaluru Express *
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* Agartala Deoghar Express


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External links

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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 Northeast ...
, line2=Northeast Frontier Railway zone, left2=, right2=Lumding Junction, type2=
Guwahati–Lumding section The Guwahati–Lumding section is a broad-gauge railway line connecting and . The long railway line operates in the Indian state of Assam. It is under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. History In the pre-partition days, Assa ...
Railway stations in Guwahati Railway junction stations in Assam Lumding railway division Railway stations in India opened in 1900 1900 establishments in India Indian Railway A1 Category Stations