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Lumding railway station

Lumding
Indian Railway Junction Station
Lumding Junction Train Station.jpg
Location Lumding, Assam
India
Coordinates 25°45′01″N 93°10′37″E / 25.7502°N 93.1769°E / 25.7502; 93.1769Coordinates: 25°45′01″N 93°10′37″E / 25.7502°N 93.1769°E / 25.7502; 93.1769
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
Location
Lumding railway station is located in Assam
Lumding railway station
Lumding railway station
Location in Assam

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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