Back শিলচর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন Bengali/Bangla सिलचर रेल्वे स्थानक Marathi سیلچار ریلوے سٹیشن PNB ᱥᱤᱞᱪᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ SAT سیلچار ریلوے سٹیشن Urdu
 Silchar | |||||||
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| Regional rail & Light rail station | |||||||
 Silchar Railway Station | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Station Road, Tarapur, Silchar-788003, Barak Valley, Assam India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 24°49′12″N 92°48′00″E / 24.8200°N 92.8000°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | ||||||
| Line(s) | Silchar–Sabroom section | ||||||
| Platforms | 3[1] | ||||||
| Tracks | 9 | ||||||
| Connections | Bus, Auto rickshaw, E–Rickshaw | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | Standard on Ground | ||||||
| Parking |  Available | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities |  Available | ||||||
| Accessible |  Yes | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | SCL | ||||||
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | ||||||
| Division(s) | Lumding | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1898 | ||||||
| Electrified |  Yes | ||||||
| Services | |||||||
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Silchar railway station[2] is a railway station situated at Tarapur, Silchar in Assam. The railway station falls under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The railway gauge functioned here is broad gauge.[3] The station consists of single diesel line[1]". It is one of the oldest railway station in India built under Assam Bengal Railway.[4] The station has three platforms with a total of 14 originating trains.[5] It serves Silchar, as well as the whole Barak Valley. Trains operate to different cities of India from Silchar including Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Kanpur, Patna, Prayagraj, Hyderabad , Coimbatore, Vijayawada, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Thiruvananthapuram, Agartala & Dibrugarh. As of now, 170 stations across India are directly connected to Silchar railway station.
- ^ a b "Silchar railway station overview". Travel Khana. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Centre nod to renaming Silchar station after language martyrs". Times of India. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "After a two-decade wait, Assam's Barak Valley finally gets broad-gauge rail connectivity". Business Standard. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Silchar station to be shifted". The Telegraph. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Scl railway station overview". NDTV. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.