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Dimapur railway station

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Owned by
  
Indian Railways

Parking
  
No

Owner
  
Indian Railways

Structure type
  
Standard on ground

Elevation
  
154 m

Platforms in use
  
3

Dimapur railway station

Location
  
Dimapur, Nagaland India

Operated by
  
Northeast Frontier Railway

Line(s)
  
Lumding-Dibrugarh section

Address
  
Civil Hospital Colony, Dimapur, Nagaland 797112

Similar
  
Diphu railway station, Mariani Junction railway st, Lumding Junction railway st, Furkating Junction railway st, New Tinsukia Junction r

Dimapur railway station nagaland


Dimapur is a railway station on the Lumding-Dibrugarh section. It is located in Dimapur district in the Indian state of Nagaland. It serves Dimapur and the surrounding areas.

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Dimapur railway station nagaland india


History

The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) wide metre gauge railway track earlier laid by Assam Bengal Railway from Chittagong to Lumding was extended to Tinsukia on the Dibru-Sadiya line in 1903.

The project for the conversion of the Lumding-Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.

New line

The 123-kilometre (76 mi) long Dimapur-Zubza-Kohima new line project has the status of a National Project. Final location survey has been completed for the entire project.

Amenities

Dimapur railway station has two four-bedded retiring rooms and a four-bedded dormitory.

References

Dimapur railway station Wikipedia