Template:Infobox station 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 Template:Track gauge-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 Template:Track gauge broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Urban History of India: A Case-Study by Deepali Barua, pages 79-80, Template:ISBN, Mittal Publications, A-110 Mohan Garden, New Delhi – 110059
- ↑ History of Tinsukia Division. NF Railway.
- ↑ Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project. Process Register.
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