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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway station in Assam, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br>Furkating Junction<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
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| address = KB Road, Furkating, Assam<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.4655|N|94.0027|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|101|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Lumding–Dibrugarh section]]<br/>Furkating–Jorhat–Mariani branch line<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on ground<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = <br />
| entrances = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
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| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = FKG<br />
| zone = Northeast Frontier Railway <br />
| division = {{rwd|Tinsukia}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
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| map_type = India Assam#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Assam##Location in India<br />
| map_dot_label = Furkating <br />
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'''Furkating''' is the main railway junction in the [[Golaghat district]] in the state of [[Assam]] in India.<br />
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==History==<br />
The {{RailGauge|1000mm}} 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.<ref name=tinsukia>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/TSK/Network%20Map/history.htm |title=History of Tinsukia Division |publisher=NF Railway |accessdate=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310133856/http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/TSK/Network%20Map/history.htm |archivedate=10 March 2014 }}</ref><ref name=assamrly>Urban History of India: A Case-Study by Deepali Barua, pages 79-80, {{ISBN|81-7099-538-8}}, Mittal Publications, A-110 Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059</ref><br />
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The Mariani–Furkating line was operated by Jorhat-Provincial Railway.<ref name= tinsukia/><br />
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The project for the conversion of the Lumding–Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] was completed by the end of 1997.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.processregister.com/Lumding–Dibrugarh_G_C/Project/pid11580.htm |title = Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project| publisher= Process Register| accessdate = 13 May 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Amenities==<br />
Furkating railway station has a double-bedded retiring room.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/retiring/retnefr1.jsp |title=Retiring rooms in North East Frontier Railway |publisher=Indian Railways |accessdate=14 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119052312/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/retiring/retnefr1.jsp |archivedate=19 November 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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It is also equipped with free wifi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RailTel/status/980781200213200896 |title=RailWire WiFi is now available in Furkating and Dudhnoi stations |publisher=RailTel}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/furkating-junction-fkg/684 Trains at Furkating]<br />
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kaziranga National Park}}<br />
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{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Oating|next= Kamarbandha Ali|line= Northeast Frontier Railway zone|branch=[[Lumding–Dibrugarh section]] }}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= |next= Golaghat|line= Northeast Frontier Railway zone|branch= [[Lumding–Dibrugarh section|Furkating–Mariani branch line]] }}<br />
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{{Railway stations in Assam}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway junction stations in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Golaghat district]]<br />
[[Category:Tinsukia railway division]]</div>
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