Amin Gaon Railway Station is a defunct railway station alongside the Brahmaputra River in Amingaon, north of Guwahati in the Indian state of Assam. The station was opened in 1908 and had a single platform.[1]
Amin Gaon | |||||
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Indian Railways station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Barpeta-Hajo-Guwahati Road, Amingaon, Guwahati, Assam India | ||||
Coordinates | 26°11′16″N 91°41′01″E / 26.1878°N 91.6837°E | ||||
Elevation | 54 metres (177 ft) | ||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||
Connections | Auto stand | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
Parking | No | ||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Single diesel line | ||||
Station code | AMJ | ||||
Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | ||||
Division(s) | Lumding | ||||
History | |||||
Electrified | No | ||||
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The North East Frontier Railway announced in 2022 that it planned to restore the station as part of a heritage project.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "NF Railway to preserve Amingaon Railway Station as heritage site". The Meghalayan. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
Further reading
edit- Sharma, Sukanya (19 June 2016). "Re-living an "Abandoned" Space". Space and Culture, India. 4 (1): 1–5. doi:10.20896/saci.v4i1.193. ISSN 2052-8396.
External links
edit- Amingaon railway station at the India Rail Info
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Guwahati.