Lumding Junction railway station explained


Type:Commuter rail & Regional rail
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Station Road, Lumding, Hojai-782447, Assam
Elevation:142m (466feet)
Line:
Other:Auto-rickshaw
Structure:Standard on ground
Platform:5
Tracks:14
Parking: Available
Bicycle: Available
Opened:1903
Electrified:Yes
Accessible: Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Northeast Frontier Railway
Status:Functioning
Former:Assam Bengal Railway
Passengers:50K/Day
Map Type:India Assam
Map Dot Label:Lumding Junction railway station
Mapframe:Yes

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 Hojai district. It is the 2nd biggest railway station of Lumding railway division, after . 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]

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 150adj=midNaNadj=mid 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

Following services available in Lumding Jn. Railway Station:

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 metre-gauge shed is transformed to EMU shed[8]

Lumding railway division

Lumding railway division was created on 1 May 1969.[9]

Major trains

  1. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)[10]
  2. New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)[11]
  3. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Agartala AC Express
  4. Guwahati−Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express
  5. Silchar–New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express
  6. Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
  7. Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express[12]
  8. Silchar - Coimbatore Superfast Express[13]
  9. Sabroom - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[14]
  10. Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express
  11. New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express
  12. Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express
  13. New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express
  14. Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express[15]
  15. Dibrugarh - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express[16]
  16. Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati[17]
  17. Silchar - Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express[18]
  18. Agartala - Deoghar Weekly Express
  19. Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express
  20. Guwahati–Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express
  21. Guwahati - Dibrugarh Town Nagaland Express
  22. Rangiya–Silchar Express
  23. Guwahati - Mariani BG Express
  24. Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express
  25. Silchar - New Tinsukia Barak Brahmaputra Express
  26. Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express
  27. Rangiya–New Tinsukia Express
  28. New Tinsukia - Darbhanga Jivacch Link Express

Notes and References

  1. https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/687? Indiarailinfo Lumding railway station
  2. Book: Report on the administration of North East India (1921–22) . 1984 . 46. Mittal Publishers Distributors . 13 May 2013.
  3. 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,, Mittal Publications, New Delhi
  4. Web site: IR History: Part III (1900–1947) . IRFCA. 13 May 2013 .
  5. Web site: Highlights of Railway Budget, 1997–98 . Press Information Bureau. 13 May 2013 .
  6. Web site: Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project. Process Register. 13 May 2013.
  7. News: Gauge conversion deadline now April 2015. https://archive.today/20130616085749/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-25/guwahati/38008948_1_lumding-silchar-broad-gauge-project-lumding-lower-haflong-hill-nfr . dead . 16 June 2013 . 25 March 2013. . 13 May 2013.
  8. isWeb site: Sheds and workshops . IRFCA. 14 May 2013.
  9. Book: Northeast Fontier Railway – Lumding Division. Lumding Division. 13 May 2013 .
  10. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia). indiarailinfo.com.
  11. Web site: New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat). indiarailinfo.com.
  12. Web site: Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  13. Web site: Silchar-Coimbatore Express. confirmtkt.com.
  14. Web site: Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express. indiarailinfo.com.
  15. Web site: 15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT). indiarailinfo.com.
  16. Web site: Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar. indiarailinfo.com.
  17. Web site: Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati. indiarailinfo.com.
  18. Web site: Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express. indiarailinfo.com.

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