The Lumding–Dibrugarh section is a broad-gauge railway line connecting and . The -long railway line is functional in the Indian state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. It is under the jurisdiction of

Northeast Frontier Railway The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and e ...

History

The Assam Railway and Trading Company Limited was incorporated in 1881. The first metre-gauge locomotive was put into service in Assam in 1882. The -long line from Dibrugarh steamer ghat to Makum was opened to passenger traffic on 16 July 1883. The objective of opening an isolated railway in upper Assam was to link the tea gardens and coalfields to the steamer ghats. In the latter part of the 19th century, the Dibru–Sadiya railway was long.''Urban History of India: A Case-Study'' by Deepali Barua, pages 79-80, , Mittal Publications, A-110 Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059 The -wide

metre-gauge railway Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

track earlier laid by

Assam Bengal Railway The Assam Bengal Railway (ABR) was one of the pioneering railway companies in British India. Headquartered in Chittagong, it functioned from 1892 to 1942. History Assam Bengal Railway was incorporated in 1892 to serve British-owned tea plantat ...

from Chittagong to Lumding was extended to Tinsukia on the Dibru–Sadiya line in 1903. The Mariani–Furkating line was operated by Jorhat-Provincial Railway. The project for the conversion of the entire Lumding–Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

was completed by the end of 1997. The Guwahati–Lumding–Dibrugarh line was proposed to be doubled in the

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for 2016–17. The -long Dimapur–Zubza–Kohima new line project has the status of a National Project. Final location survey has been completed for the entire project. As of 2012, surveys are underway for -long line from Tirap to Lekhapani and -long line from Lekhapani to Kharsang in

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

. Survey for -long new line from Jorhat to Shibsagar was completed in 2010–11. Survey was completed for doubling of -long line from Digaru to Dibrugarh. Survey is in progress for -long new line from Dimapur to Tizit. Survey was completed for long new line from Amguri to Naginamora. The survey for -long new line from Tuli to Tuli Town has been shelved.

References

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