Lumding railway station
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Lumding
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| Indian Railway Junction Station | |
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| Location | Lumding, Assam India |
| Coordinates | 25°45′01″N 93°10′37″E / 25.7502°N 93.1769°ECoordinates: 25°45′01″N 93°10′37″E / 25.7502°N 93.1769°E |
| Elevation | 142 metres (466 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway |
| Line(s) |
Guwahati-Lumding section Lumding-Dibrugarh section Lumding–Sabroom section |
| Platforms | 5 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard on ground |
| Parking | No |
| Bicycle facilities | No |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | LMG |
| Zone(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway |
| Division(s) | Lumding |
| History | |
| Opened | 1903 |
| Previous names | Assam Bengal Railway |
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Lumding is a junction railway station on the Guwahati-Lumding section. It is located in Hojai district in the Indian state of Assam. It serves Lumding and the surrounding areas.
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-Kalaura-Badarpur section was opened in 1896–1898 and extended to Lumding in 1903.
Assam Bengal Railway opened the Lumding-Guwahati line in 1900.
After independence and partition, the entire Guwahati-Lumding-Dibrugarh-Tinsukia sector was converted from metre gauge to broad gauge by 1997.
The Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion work was scheduled to be completed in March–April 2015.
Lumding railway station has two double-bedded AC retiring rooms, seven double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and a three-bedded dormitory.
There is 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.
Lumding railway division was created on 1 May 1969.
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