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Furkating is the main railway junction in the Golaghat district in the state of Assam in India. It is about 10 km away from Golaghat town.

Furkating Junction
Indian Railways junction station
General information
Location	SH - 34, Furkating, Golaghat, Assam India
Coordinates	26°27′56″N 94°00′10″E
Elevation	101 metres (331 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Lumding–Dibrugarh section Furkating–Jorhat–Mariani branch line
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	FKG
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s)	Tinsukia
Location
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History

The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) wide metre-gauge railway track earlier laid by Assam Bengal Railway from Chittagong to Lumding was extended to Tinsukia on the Dibru–Sadiya line in 1903.[1][2]

The Mariani–Furkating line was operated by Jorhat-Provincial Railway.[1]

The project for the conversion of the Lumding–Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.[3]

Amenities

Furkating railway station has a double-bedded retiring room.[4]

It is also equipped with free wifi.[5]

Major Trains

1. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
2. Dibrugarh–Amritsar Express
3. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
4. New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Weekly Express
5. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[6]
6. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[7]
7. Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[8]
8. New Tinsukia–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
9. Guwahati–Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express
10. Guwahati - Dibrugarh Town Nagaland Express
11. Guwahati–Silchar Express
12. Guwahati - Mariani BG Express
13. Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express
14. Rangiya–New Tinsukia Express

References

External links

• Trains at Furkating
• Kaziranga National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Oating towards ?		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Lumding–Dibrugarh section		Kamarbandha Ali towards ?
Terminus		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Furkating–Mariani branch line		Golaghat towards ?

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