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{{Short description|Railway station in Assam, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br />{{font color|blue|Guwahati}}
| type = [[Regional Rail]] & [[Commuter Rail]] Station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Ghy_Railway.jpg
| image_caption = Guwahati Railway station
| address = Station Road, Gopinath Bordoloi Road, Paltan Bazaar, [[Guwahati]]-781001, [[Assam]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.1821|N|91.7504|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline}}
| elevation = {{convert|56.22|m|ft}}<ref name="travelkhana">{{cite web|url= https://www.travelkhana.com/rail-inforailway-stations-guwahati/|title= Railway Stations in Guwahati|date= September 30, 2014|website= www.travelkhana.com|publisher= Travelkhana}}</ref>
| line = * [[Barauni–Guwahati line]]
* [[Guwahati–Lumding section]]
* [[New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section]]
| other = [[File:Aiga taxi.svg|20px|Taxi]] [[Taxi|Cabs]],
[[File:Bus.svg|20px|Bus]] [[Assam State Transport Corporation|ASTC]] Bus Terminal,Auto, E-rickshaw
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]
| platform = 7
| tracks = 24
| parking = {{rint|park}} Available
| bicycle = {{rint|bicycle}} Available
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1900}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = [[File:Electric.svg|40px|Electrified]]Yes (October 2021)
| accessible = {{Access icon|20px}} Yes
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = GHY
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier]]
| division = {{rwd|Lumding}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railways]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Assam Bengal Railway]]
| passengers = 800K/Day
| pass_year = 300M/Year
| pass_percent =
| pass_system = {{increase}} {{colour|#fc5|high}}
| services = [[File:Waiting_Room_-_The_Noun_Project.svg|20px|Waiting Room]] [[File:AB-Autobahnkiosk.svg|20px|Food & Drink]] [[File:BSicon_REST.svg|20px|Food Plaza]] [[File:Elevator_(AIGA_based).svg|15px|Lifts]] [[File:Surveillance_camera.svg|40px|CCTV]] [[File:Aiga_escalator_down_mirror.svg|20px|Escalators]] [[File:Wifiservice.svg|20px|Railwire Free Wifi]] [[File:Font_Awesome_5_solid_bed.svg|20px|Retiring Rooms]]
| map_type =
| map_dot_label = Guwahati railway station
| map_caption = Location in Guwahati
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map
}}

'''Guwahati Railway Station''' (Station code: '''GHY''') is located in the heart of the city of [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]. It is the first fully solar-operated railway station in India. It has been rated as A1-category station. The [[Assam State Transport Corporation|ASTC]] (Assam State Transport Corporation) bus terminal is located at the rear-end of the station.

An [[ISO]]-certified railway station, Guwahati Railway Station has been ranked 21 in cleanliness among the A1-category railway stations in India.<ref>{{cite news|date= November 19, 2019|title= Guwahati Railway Station Ranked 21 Among A1 Category Stations in India|url= https://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/guwahati-railway-station-ranked-21-among-a1-category-stations-in-india|work= Gplus|location= Guwahati}}</ref>

To reduce the traffic on the Guwahati junction, there is another railway station in the city at [[Maligaon]], the [[Kamakhya railway station]]. Almost all newly introduced trains run from the Kamakhya Jn. railway station only. Plans had been made to make a new railway station at [[Beltola]] (in the southern part of Guwahati) to introduce trains towards [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]]. Those plans have not been finalized and are still in progress.

==History==

In 2021, Guwahati railway station claimed to have become the first railway station to run entirely on solar power.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smriti |first1=Jain |title=Guwahati railway station is the first in North-East to run completely on solar power! Beautiful pics |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/photos/business-gallery/1167181/guwahati-railway-station-is-the-first-in-north-east-to-run-completely-on-solar-power-beautiful-pics/ |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=The Financial Express |publisher=Financial Express |date=14 May 2018}}</ref> The solar panel installation project was commissioned in April 2017,<ref>{{cite news|date= May 15, 2018|title= Guwahati Railway Station to completely run on Solar Power|url= https://www.guwahatiplus.com/article-detail/guwahati-railway-station-to-completely-run-on-solar-power|location= Guwahati}}</ref> but an on-the-spot assessment by ''G Plus'' in February 2023 revealed that the solar power generated by the railway station covered only 15 per cent of its power requirements.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/exclusive-news/dark-side-of-guwahati-railway-stations-100-solar-power-claim| title=Dark Side Of Guwahati Railway Station’s 100% Solar Power Claim |work=Gplus |author-last=Chanda |author-first=Rahul |date=6 February 2023 |access-date=17 June 2023 }}</ref>

In recent years the railway station has received a 100 feet-high tricolour.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 ft high Tricolour at Guwahati Railway station |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/100-ft-high-tricolour-at-guwahati-railway-station-119011601260_1.html |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=Business Standard India |publisher=Business Standard |date=16 January 2019}}</ref> It is the tallest tricolour among any railway station in northeast India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guwahati Railway station gets tallest flag in NE Railway stations |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/guwahati-railway-station-gets-tallest-flag-in-ne-railway-stations/ |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=Pratidin Time |publisher=Pratidin |date=16 January 2019}}</ref>

==Station facilities==

The station is the divisional headquarters for the Northeast Frontier Railway. It became the first ever Railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO certification from the National Green Tribunal for "providing passenger amenities in a clean and green environment".<ref>{{cite news |title=Guwahati Railway Station first to get ISO certification in India |url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/guwahati-railway-station-first-to-get-iso-certification-in-india |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=G Plus |publisher=GPlus |date=3 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

===Platforms ===

The station has seven platforms. It serves the long-distance trains of NFR.
[[Google]] along with RailWire provided Free high speed Wifi until 2020.<ref>{{cite news|date= February 21, 2020|title= Google ends its free WiFi service at Indian railway stations|url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/google-ends-its-free-wifi-service-at-indian-railway-stations/article30878776.ece|work= The Hindu|location= New Delhi}}</ref> However, RailTel (RailWire's parent company) has confirmed that it will continue to provide free Wifi Internet services.<ref>{{cite news|date= February 18, 2020|title= RailTel to continue free WiFi service at railway stations after Google will stop Project Station|url= https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/no-more-free-wifi-from-google-at-415-indian-railway-stations-11582011130305.html|work= Livemint}}</ref>

===Rest and recuperation===
The following services are available at Guwahati Railway Station:

* 03 (02 Bedded) Delux AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker/Charging point [[File:Font_Awesome_5_solid_bed.svg|20px]]
* 02 (02 Bedded) AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker [[File:Font_Awesome_5_solid_bed.svg|20px]]
* 02 (05 Bedded) Non-AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker [[File:Font_Awesome_5_solid_bed.svg|20px]]
* 02 (02 Bedded) Non-Ac Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker [[File:Font_Awesome_5_solid_bed.svg|20px]]
* 01 (12 Bedded) Non-AC Dormitory with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker [[File:Font_Awesome_5_solid_bed.svg|20px]]
* Reserve VIP Lounge
* Upper Class/Lower Class Waiting Rooms having Free Wi-Fi/AC/TV/Charging points/Drinking water & separate Ladies/Gents Washrooms [[File:Waiting_Room_-_The Noun_Project.svg|20px]]
* Cloak Room [[File:Baggage claim ecomo.svg|25px]]

===Food and beverage ===

* Veg/Non-Veg Food Court [[File:BSicon_REST.svg|20px]]
* Cafeteria [[File:AB-Autobahnkiosk.svg|25px]]

===Others===

* Chemist Stall [[File:Add.svg|20px]]
* High-Speed Google Railwire Free Wi-Fi service [[File:Wifiservice.svg|20px]]
* FOB with 10X [[File:Aiga_escalator_up_mirror.svg|25px]]Escalators/Elevators [[File:Elevator_(AIGA_based).svg|15px]] 4X
* CCTV Surveillance [[File:Surveillance_camera.svg|35px]]

==Rolling stock==

===Major trains===
* [[New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati Vande Bharat Express|Guwahati-NJP Vande Bharat Express]]
* [[Agartala–Anand Vihar Terminal Rajdhani Express|Agartala Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express]]
* [[Avadh Assam Express]]
* [[SMVT Bengaluru–Agartala Humsafar Express|SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express]]
* [[Aronai Express]]
* [[Naharlagun−Guwahati Shatabdi Express|Naharlagun Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Guwahati−Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express|Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Saraighat Express]]
* [[Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express]]
* [[Tripura Sundari Express]]
* [[Kamrup Express]]
* [[Guwahati–Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Amarnath Express]]
* [[Kaziranga Superfast Express]]

* [[Lohit Express]]
* [[Silchar–Secunderabad Express]]
* [[Bikaner-Guwahati Express]]
* [[Silchar-Coimbatore Express]]
* [[Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express]]
* [[New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express]]
* [[Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjungha Express|Kanchanjungha Express]]
* [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Dibrugarh Express|Dibrugarh - Mumbai LTT Express]]
* [[Barmer–Guwahati Express]]
* [[New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Weekly Express|New Tinsukia SMVT Bengaluru Express]]
* [[Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express]]
* [[Deoghar–Agartala Weekly Express|Agartala Deoghar Express]]
* [[Nagaon Express]]
* [[Guwahati–Dullabcherra Express]]

===Services for rolling stock===
The station has a diesel locomotive shed with room for 80 locomotives. The sheds accommodate [[WDM-3D]], [[WDG-4D]], [[WDG-4]] and [[Locomotives of India#Diesel|WDS]] class locomotives. The shed now also accommodates [[WDP-4D]] locomotives. The station has a coach maintenance complex.

== Diesel Loco Shed, New Guwahati City ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Serial No.
!Locomotive Class
!Horsepower
!Holding
|-
|1.
|[[Indian locomotive class WDM-3D|WDM-3D]]
|3300
|15
|-
|2.
|[[Indian locomotive class WDG-4|WDG-4/4D]]
|4000/4500
|37
|-
|3.
|[[Indian locomotive class WDP-4|WDP-4/4B/4D]]
|4000/4500
|72
|-
|4.
|[[WAP-7]]
|6350
|23
|-
|5.
|[[WAG-9]]
|6120
|42
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Total Locomotives Active as of February 2026'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) |url=https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,541,710,717 |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Electric Loco Holding |url=https://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html |access-date=30 May 2025 |website=Railnet}}</ref>
|189
|}

==Railway in Assam==
{{anchor | Railway}}

===Existing ===

* North bank of [[Brahmaputra River]].

** [[Barauni–Guwahati line|Guwahati–Dibrugarh line]] (part of the Delhi–Dibrugarh route), operational.<ref>{{cite news |title=Assam's Lifeline: Guwahati-Dibrugarh Railway |work=The Times of India |date=2021-05-12 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
*** [[New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section|New Bongaigaon–Rangiya-Agthori line]], parallel to the above,<ref>{{cite news |title=Doubling of Railway Lines in Assam |work=The Hindu |date=2023-02-10 |url=https://www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

** [[Rangiya–Murkongselek section]], 450 km (280 mi)-long operational line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rangiya-Murkongselek Railway Line |url=https://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in |publisher=North East Frontier Railway}}</ref>

** [[Bogibeel Bridge|Bogibeel Bridge–Dhemaji rail line]], completed 2025, connects rail network on north and south bank of [[Brahmaputra River]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bogibeel Bridge Project |url=https://www.indianrailways.gov.in |publisher=Ministry of Railways}}</ref>

* South bank of Brahmaputra River.

** [[Lumding–Dibrugarh section]], 376-kilometre (234 mi)-long operational line from Guwahati to [[Barak Valley]] in [[Regions_of_Assam|South Assam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=North East Frontier Railway |url=https://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in |publisher=Indian Railways}}</ref>

===Proposed===

* North bank of Brahmaputra River.

** [[Naharlagun railway station# Pasighat|Murkongselek–Pasighat line]] (Arunachal-Assam connectivity), proposed, survey stage.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Rail Link to Connect Assam and Arunachal |work=Economic Times |date=2022-11-15 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

** '''[[Guwahati–North Lakhimpur line]]''', proposed, feasibility study ongoing in July 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Assam Rail Development Plan |url=https://www.indianrailways.gov.in |publisher=Indian Railways}}</ref>

* South bank of Brahmaputra River.

** '''[[East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor|Silchar–Saurashtra line]]''' ([[East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor]] expansion), proposed, under consideration by Rail Ministry in January 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=East-West Rail Corridor Expansion |work=The Telegraph |date=2023-01-20 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==See also ==

* [[North Eastern Railway Connectivity Project]]
* [[North Western Railway zone]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Guwahati}}
* {{IndiaRailInfo|546}}

{{Railway stations in Assam}}
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system=Indian Railways
|line=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|left=Kamakhya Junction|right=|type=[[Barauni–Guwahati line]]
|line2=Northeast Frontier Railway zone|left2=|right2=Lumding Junction|type2=[[Guwahati–Lumding section]]}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Assam]]
[[Category:Lumding railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1900]]
[[Category:1900 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Indian Railway A1 Category Stations]]

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Deidre67J44 at 08:39, 3 March 2026