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 | |
| Location | Station Road, Lumding, 782447, Assam India |
| Coordinates | 25°45′01″N 93°10′37″E |
| Elevation | 142 metres (466 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Northeast Frontier Railway |
| Line(s) | Guwahati-Lumding section Lumding-Dibrugarh section Lumding–Badarpur section |
| Platforms | 5 |
| Tracks | Many |
| Connections | Auto |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard on ground |
| Parking | Available |
| Bicycle facilities | Available |
| Disabled access | Available |
| 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 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 meter gauge shed is transformed to EMU shed[9]
Lumding railway division
Lumding railway division was created on 1 May 1969.[10]
Major Trains
- Rajdhani Express
- Shatabdi Express
- Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express
- Vivek Express
- Jan Shatabdi Express
References
- Indiarailinfo Lumding railway station
- Report on the administration of North East India (1921–22). Google Books. Mttal Publishers Distributors. p. 46. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- 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
- "IR History: Part III (1900-1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- "Highlights of Railway Budget, 1997-98". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- "Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project". Process Register. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- "Gauge conversion deadline now April 2015". The Times of India, 25 March 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- "Retiring rooms in North East Frontier Railway". Indian Railways. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- is"Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- Northeast Fontier Railway – Lumding Division. Lumding Division. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
External links
- Lumding Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
| Preceding station | Indian Railway | Following station | ||
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Patharkhola | Northeast Frontier Railway zone Guwahati-Lumding section | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Northeast Frontier Railway zone Lumding-Dibrugarh section | Bar Langfer |
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| Terminus | Northeast Frontier Railway zone Lumding–Sabroom section |