Silchar railway station

Silchar
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 / 24.8200; 92.8000
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; 126 years ago (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.