Makum railway station

Makum
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location Assam Trunk Road, Makum, Tinsukia District, Assam
 India
Coordinates 27°29′13″N 95°26′21″E / 27.4869°N 95.4393°E / 27.4869; 95.4393Coordinates: 27°29′13″N 95°26′21″E / 27.4869°N 95.4393°E / 27.4869; 95.4393
Elevation 130 metres (430 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s) Lumding-Dibrugarh section
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code MJN
Division(s) Tinsukia
History
Opened 1883
Location
Makum railway station
Location in Assam

Makum is a railway junction station on the Lumding-Dibrugarh section. It is located in Tinsukia district in the Indian state of Assam. It serves Makum and the surrounding areas.

History

The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge line from Dibrugarh steamer ghat to Makum was opened to passenger traffic on 16 July 1883.[1]

The 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.[1][2]

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.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Urban History of India: A Case-Study by Deepali Barua, pages 79-80, ISBN 81-7099-538-8, Mittal Publications, A-110 Mohan Garden, New Delhi - 110059
  2. ↑ "History of Tinsukia Division". NF Railway. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project". Process Register. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
Preceding station   Indian Railway   Following station
Tinsukia
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Bara Hapjan
Tinsukia
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Tingrai


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