Location Lumding, Assam
India Structure type Standard on ground Address Lumding, Assam 782447 Opened 1903 Owner Indian Railways | Owned by Indian Railways Parking No Elevation 142 m Phone 097746 27854 Platforms in use 5 | |
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Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway Line(s) Guwahati-Lumding section
Lumding-Dibrugarh section
Lumding-Badarpur section Similar Diphu railway station, Mariani Junction railway st, Dimapur railway station, Furkating Junction railway st, New Tinsukia Junction r | ||
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.
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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-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.
Amenities
Lumding railway station has two double-bedded AC retiring rooms, seven double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and a three-bedded dormitory.
Loco shed
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
Lumding railway division was created on 1 May 1969.