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{{Short description|Railway station in Assam, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Lekhapani
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Ledo Assam (27).jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = Assam Trunk Road, Makum, District: Tinsukia, Assam
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|27.321|N|95.828|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|130|m|ft}}
| line = [[Lumding–Dibrugarh section]]
| other =
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform =
| tracks =
| parking =
| bicycle =
| opened = 1890
| closed = 1993
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = LKPE
| zone =
| division =
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| status = Defunct
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
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| map_type = India Assam#India
| map_caption = Location in Assam##Location in India
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}}

{{ Lumding–Dibrugarh section|collapse=y}}

'''Lekhapani''' is a railway station on the [[Lumding–Dibrugarh section]]. It is located in [[Tinsukia district]] in the Indian state of [[Assam]].

[[File:Ledo Assam (41).jpg|thumb|400px|Display board of NF Railway]]

==History==
[[File:Ledo Assam (45).jpg|thumb|400px|Abandoned Lekhapani railway station]]

Lekhapani railway station, opened around 1890, was a major coal-loading point for Tipong collieries. There is a display tablet at the station which says that the station was closed to commercial traffic in 1993 and the last train ran on the line in 1997. The railway station was restored in 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=aug2810/at097 |title = NF Rly to promote its heritage | publisher=The Assam Tribune, 28 August 2010 | accessdate = 20 May 2013 }}</ref><ref name=flickr>{{cite web| url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/51577708@N07/5277679094/|title = Railway's Last Frontier| date=18 October 2009 | publisher= flickr| accessdate = 20 May 2013 }}</ref>

Lekhapani used to be the easternmost railway station of Indian Railways. When gauge conversions took place around 1997, Ledo became the last and the easternmost station. The {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] continued up to Tirap for railway sidings. Beyond that the remnants of the {{track gauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] track to Lekhapani was visible (as of 2005).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html |title = Trivia|work=Easternmost station| publisher= IRFCA | accessdate = 20 May 2013 }}</ref>

==Stillwell Road==
Lekhapani was the starting point of the [[Stillwell Road]] constructed by the Allied forces in 1942–45 through Burma to [[Kunming]] in China.<ref name=flickr/>

== New line surveys ==
Surveys are underway for {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long line from Tirap to Lekhapani and {{convert|31|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long line from Lekhapani to Kharsang in [[Arunachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mdoner.gov.in/content/underway |title =Railway's Surveys Underway| publisher= Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | accessdate = 20 May 2013 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railway stations in Assam}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1890]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Tinsukia district]]
[[Category:Former railway stations in India]]
[[Category:Tinsukia railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India closed in 1993]]
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Lekhapani railway station - Revision history

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