Mariani Junction railway station

Mariani Junction Railway Station is the major railway junction of Jorhat district in the Indian state of Assam on the Lumding–Dibrugarh section. It serves Jorhat city, Mariani and its surrounding area as well. The railway station is located at a distance of from Jorhat city. New Construction: EMD Diesel Locomotive Shed for 50 locomotives. Zonal Number (for its Trains) = 159XX

Amenities Mariani junction has three platforms, two double-bedded retiring rooms, computerized railway reservation system, parking facilities, vegetarian food stalls and free high speed Google RailWire WiFi.

Mariani diesel locomotive shed NFR's upcoming second fully-fledged state of art dedicated EMD locomotive shed. With an aim to further upgrade the maintenance of diesel locomotives in the North Eastern region and to ease the pressure faced by the New Guwahati Diesel Locomotive Shed, the Indian Railways is now coming up with two more such sheds in Assam, which will be located at Mariani. A diesel locomotive shed is being constructed after being removed out of Railway Quarters and used to handle 50 EMD WDP4Ds & WDG4Ds Dual Cab locomotives, which have a range of 4,500 horsepower. There will be around 500 personnel, including engineers and artisans, in both the upcoming sheds. Afterwards, Tinsukia Division will have its own locomotive shed, as presently it has trip sheds. After that, Northeast Frontier Railway will get its fourth locomotive shed, the second locomotive shed in Assam after the New Guwahati shed, to ease pressure on Malda Town locomotive shed, Siliguri locomotive shed, and New Guwahati locomotive shed. The expected completion and commission is March 2018.

Major trains New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia) New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat) Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express Dibrugarh–Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express Dibrugarh–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express Guwahati–Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express Guwahati–Dibrugarh Town Nagaland Express Jorhat Town–Tinsukia Passenger Guwahati–Mariani BG Express Tinsukia–Lumding DEMU Express Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express Rangiya–New Tinsukia Express Silchar–New Tinsukia Barak Brahmaputra Express Dibrugarh-Gomti Nagar Amrit Bharat Express

See also

North Eastern Railway Connectivity Project North Western Railway zone

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