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Golokganj railway station

Golokganj
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location Golokganj, Distt: Dhubri, Assam
India
Coordinates 26°06′30″N 89°49′51″E / 26.1083°N 89.8307°E / 26.1083; 89.8307Coordinates: 26°06′30″N 89°49′51″E / 26.1083°N 89.8307°E / 26.1083; 89.8307
Elevation 31 metres (102 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s) Fakiragram-Dhubri branch line
New Cooch Behar-Golokganj branch line.
Platforms 1
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code GKJ
Division(s) Alipurduar
History
Opened 1900-1910?
Previous names Eastern Bengal Railway
Location
Golokganj railway station is located in Assam
Golokganj railway station
Golokganj railway station
Location in Assam

Golokganj is a railway junction station on the Fakiragram-Dhubri branch line and the New Cooch Behar-Golokganj branch line. A new line is being laid to connect Golokganj with Jogihopa. It is located in Dhubri district in the Indian state of Assam.

Dhubri district occupies the south-west corner of Assam. It borders on Bangladesh, and the Indian states of West Bengal and Meghalaya. The Brahmaputra divides the district into two parts. Tributaries of the Brahmaputra such as Gangadhar, Gaurang, Tipkai, Champamoti in the north and Jinjiram, Jinari and Kaloo in the south are all major contributors of floods in the area.

In pre-independence days (in the early 1900s), there was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) wide metre gauge line: Katihar - Radhikapur - Biral - Parbatipur - Tista - Gitaldaha - Golakganj – Fakiragram.

With the partition of India in 1947, railways in Assam got delinked from that of the rest of India. Indian Railway took up the Assam Link Project in 1948 to build a metre gauge rail link between Fakiragram and Kishanganj. Fakiragram was connected to the Indian railway system in 1950.

In the mid sixties, the first 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge line was laid in the area from New Jalpaiguri to Jogihopa via New Bongaigaon.


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