Makum | |
Type: | Indian Railways junction station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Assam Trunk Road, Makum, Tinsukia District, Assam |
Elevation: | 130m (430feet) |
Line: | Lumding–Dibrugarh section |
Structure: | Standard on ground |
Platform: | 2 |
Parking: | No |
Bicycle: | No |
Opened: | 1883 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Northeast Frontier Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India Assam#India |
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.
The -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]
Conversion of the Lumding–Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.[3]