Guwahati Junction railway station

Guwahati railway station (Station code: GHY) is located in the heart of the city of Guwahati, Assam. 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 ISO-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 Kamakhya railway station. 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 Shillong, Meghalaya. 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 WDM-3D, WDG-4D, WDG-4 and WDS class locomotives. The shed now also accommodates WDP-4D 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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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
*Kamrup Express
* Kolkata Garib Rath Express
*Amarnath Express
* Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express
* Kaziranga Superfast Express
* Dwarka Express
*Lohit Express
* Guwahati-Secunderabad Express
* Bikaner-Guwahati Express
* Silchar-Coimbatore Express
* Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express
* Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express
* Kanchanjunga Express
* Tripura Sundari Express
* Dibrugarh - Mumbai LTT Express
* Barmer–Guwahati Express
* New Tinsukia SMVT Bengaluru Express
* New Tinsukia-Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
* Agartala Deoghar Express

References

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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