TRANSPORTATION

AIRWAYS

Airports:
Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati.
Salonibari Airport, Tezpur
Mohanbari Airport, Dibrugarh
Rowriah Airport, Jorhat
Lilabari Airport, Lakhimpur
Kumbhigram Airport, Silchar

RAILWAYS

All the major towns of the state like Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Nagoan, Tezpur, Bangigaon etc are linked with railways. The Railways run a number of inter-State trains linking Guwahati and Dibrugarh with other important places of the country, such as Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Thiruvanthapuram, Bangaluru, Cochin, etc. The Bogibeel bridge, which will be the longest railway bridge in the country, is under construction. The Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge will be the fourth bridge across the Brahamaputra river. The Sarighat and Naranarayan Setu are other two Rail-cum-road bridges in the state while the Kaliabhomora is only a road bridge.

Railway Route (in Km) in Assam

Assam is connected by approximately 69,000 km of road network. The major towns are connected by national highways, which cover a span of 2754 Km in Assam. The density of national highways is high in Assam and more have been added in recent years.

River Brahamaputra and Barak rivers are used as a vast network of waterways. These two rivers effectively fulfill the transport needs of the state. At present, two public sector organisations, viz., the State Directorate of Inland Water Transport (IWT) and Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC) are operating water transport services between Guwahati and Kolkata exclusively for movement of goods. The Brahmaputra has already been declared as No.2 National Waterway.