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Agthori railway station

Agthori Railway Station in Guwahati, Assam 25
Agthori Railway Station in Guwahati, Assam 25 Image: Wikimedia Commons. Pinakpani / CC BY 4.0

Agthori railway station is a small railway station located in the state of Assam, India. It serves the village of Agthori and the surrounding rural areas, providing a halt facility for passenger trains operating in the region. The station is part of the network operated by Indian Railways under the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone.

Key facts

Name Agthori railway station
Location Agthori, Assam, India
State Assam
Country India
Operated by Indian Railways
Railway zone Northeast Frontier Railway
Type Railway station

Background

Assam is served by an extensive railway network that historically grew from lines laid during the colonial period to support the tea, timber and coal industries of the Brahmaputra valley. After the reorganisation of Indian Railways, services across Assam came under the Northeast Frontier Railway, headquartered at Maligaon in Guwahati. Smaller stations such as Agthori function primarily as wayside halts on these routes, supporting local commuter movement between villages and larger towns.

Services

As a wayside station, Agthori typically handles passenger and local services rather than long-distance express trains. Such stations in Assam generally provide basic passenger amenities, including a platform, ticketing facility and shelter for waiting passengers.

Significance

Stations like Agthori play a useful role in providing affordable connectivity to rural populations in Assam, linking them with district centres, markets, educational institutions and healthcare facilities in nearby urban areas. They also form part of the broader Indian Railways effort to maintain regional accessibility across the Northeast.

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