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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway station in Assam, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Makum<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
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| address = Assam Trunk Road, [[Makum]], [[Tinsukia District]], [[Assam]]<br />
| country = {{flagu|India}}<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|27.4869|N|95.4393|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|130|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Lumding–Dibrugarh section]]<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard on ground<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = No<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
| opened = 1883<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = <br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = MJN<br />
| zone = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Tinsukia}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_type = India Assam#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Assam##Location in India<br />
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}}<br />
'''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.<br />
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==History==<br />
The {{track gauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] line from Dibrugarh steamer ghat to Makum was opened to passenger traffic on 16 July 1883.<ref name=assamrly>''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</ref><br />
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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.<ref name=assamrly/><ref name=tinsukia>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/TSK/Network%20Map/history.htm |title=History of Tinsukia Division |publisher=NF Railway |accessdate=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310133856/http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/TSK/Network%20Map/history.htm |archivedate=10 March 2014 }}</ref><br />
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Conversion of the Lumding–Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] was completed by the end of 1997.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.processregister.com/Lumding-Dibrugarh_G_C/Project/pid11580.htm |title = Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project| publisher= Process Register| accessdate = 13 May 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IndiaRailInfo|2113}}<br />
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{{Railway stations in Assam}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway junction stations in India]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Tinsukia district]]<br />
[[Category:Tinsukia railway division]]<br />
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