New Bongaigaon Junction is a railway junction station of BarauniâÂÂGuwahati line and New BongaigaonâÂÂJogihopaâÂÂKamakhya line of Northeast Frontier Railway. It is the one and only railway station in India which is located over the Tunia River. It is the largest railway station with Carriage & Wagon Workshop in Rangiya railway division.
Construction of the -long broad gauge SiliguriâÂÂJogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, brought broad-gauge railways to Assam. It also was the reason for setting up the New Bongaigaon railway station.
A new railway track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.
Saraighat Bridge opened in 1962, initially carrying a metre-gauge track, which was later replaced by broad gauge.
Electrification of the BarauniâÂÂKatiharâÂÂGuwahati line was sanctioned in 2008. In the document on Vision 2020 â 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 2022.
Doubling of the track between New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya via Rangia was approved in the Railway Budget for 2013âÂÂ14. A double-line track is there between and New Bongaigaon.
New Bongaigaon has two double-bedded retiring rooms, computerized railway reservation system, waiting room and vegetarian and non vegetarian food stalls.
The Carriage and Wagon Workshop is located about 2 km west of New Bongaigaon railway station. It was set up in sixties and has maintenance, as well as manufacturing facilities.