Lumding Junction railway station

Lumding Junction railway station serves the Indian city of Lumding in Assam. It is the divisional headquarter of Lumding railway division of NFR. It is located in Nagaon district. It is the 2nd biggest railway station of Lumding railway division, after Guwahati. It is one of the oldest railway station in India built under Assam Bengal Railway. It consists of 5 platforms with a total of 68 halting trains & 3 originating trains. The station consists of double diesel line.[1]

Lumding Junction
Commuter rail & Regional rail
LocationStation Road, Lumding, 782447, Assam
India
Coordinates25°45′01″N 93°10′37″E
Elevation142 metres (466 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railway
Line(s)Guwahati–Lumding section
Lumding–Dibrugarh section
Lumding–Badarpur section
Platforms5
TracksMany
ConnectionsAuto
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
Disabled accessAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeLMG
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s) Lumding
History
Opened1903
Previous namesAssam Bengal Railway
Location
Lumding
Location in Assam
Lumding
Location in India

History

In the pre-partition days, Assam was linked to Chittagong through the Akhaura–Kulaura–Chhatak line and Akhaura–Laksam–Chittagong line. The Chittagong link had been constructed in response to the demand of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to Chittagong port. Assam Bengal Railway started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of Bengal in 1891. A 150-kilometre long (93 mi) track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895. The Comilla–Akhaura–Kulaura–Badarpur section was opened in 1896–1898 and extended to Lumding in 1903.[2][3]

Assam Bengal Railway opened the Lumding–Guwahati line in 1900.[4]

After independence and partition, the entire Guwahati–Lumding–Dibrugarh–Tinsukia sector was converted from metre gauge to broad gauge by 1997.[5][6]

The Lumding–Silchar gauge conversion work was scheduled to be completed in March–April 2015.[7]

Amenities

Lumding railway station has two double-bedded AC retiring rooms, seven double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and a three-bedded dormitory. Two elevators are currently functioning for old aged and physically handicapped people.[8]

Loco shed

There was a metre gauge loco shed at Lumding. When the entire Guwahati–Lumding–Dibrugarh line was converted to broad gauge, the Lumding–Badarpur–Silchar line has also been converted to broad gauge. The YDM-4 metre gauge locos from New Guwahati loco shed were transferred to Lumding. Recently, the metre-gauge shed is transformed to EMU shed[9]

Lumding railway division

Lumding railway division was created on 1 May 1969.[10]

Major trains

References
  1. Indiarailinfo Lumding railway station
  2. Report on the administration of North East India (1921–22). Mittal Publishers Distributors. 1984. p. 46. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. Socio Economic and Political Problems of Tea Garden Workers: A Study of Assam by S.N.Singh, Amarendra Narain, Purnendu Kumar,page 105, published in 2006, ISBN 81-8324-098-4, Mittal Publications, New Delhi
  4. "IR History: Part III (1900–1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. "Highlights of Railway Budget, 1997–98". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. "Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project". Process Register. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. "Gauge conversion deadline now April 2015". The Times of India. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  8. "Retiring rooms in North East Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  9. is"Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  10. Northeast Fontier Railway – Lumding Division. Lumding Division. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Patharkhola
Northeast Frontier Railway zoneTerminus
TerminusNortheast Frontier Railway zone
Lumding–Dibrugarh section
Bar Langfer
TerminusNortheast Frontier Railway zone
Lumding–Sabroom section
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