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, this is true. All trains had to reverse direction at Siliguri. The Assam Bengal Railway was originally isolated and not connected to the other railway networks. The difference in orientation became a problem on completion of the Assam Rail Link, and the solution adopted was to reverse trains at Siliguri.
In case you were wondering why the orientation matters, Indian MG stock is asymmetric in that the male and female couplers are at different ends of each coach or wagon, so that the orientation of the stock has to be precisely maintained. In general, MG routes in India are (or were) designed so that between any two stations, all the routes always resulted in trains arriving with the same orientation -- this meant triangular configurations of track, double bypasses on the same side of a line, split junctions necessitating reversal to change routes, etc., were rare and had special operating procedures associated with them. (Locos always had both kinds of couplers at both ends, so that they were more flexible.)
More on MG unidirectionality
As mentioned above, MG stock is not symmetric in its orientation. If there are two routes between two MG stations, forming a cycle, usually there is a direction reversal associated with the station at either end, so that stock is always oriented in a particular direction on a particular section. Examples:
Mayiladuthurai - Thanjavur (SR) (through Thiruvarur and through Kumbakonam)
Tiruvarur - Karaikkudi (SR)
Junagadh - Veraval (WR)
Khijadiya - Visvadar (WR)
Katosan Road - Ranuj (WR)
Kalol - Mehsana (WR)
Rewari - Ringus (WR/NR)
Purnea - Saharsa (NE)
Loharu - Sikar (WR/NR)
One cycle that violates the unidirectionality