Silchar railway station
| 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 | ||||||
| Tracks | 9 | ||||||
| Connections | Bus Auto rickshaw E–Rickshaw | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | SCL | ||||||
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier | ||||||
| Division(s) | Lumding | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1898 | ||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||
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Silchar railway station 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. The station consists of single diesel line". It is one of the oldest railway station in India built under Assam Bengal Railway. The station has three platforms with a total of 14 originating trains. 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.