Furkating Junction railway station

Furkating is the main railway junction in the Golaghat district in the state of Assam in India.

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 Jorehaut Provincial Railway till 1943.

[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] Furkating railway station has two platforms and a double-bedded retiring room.