Lumding Junction railway station


Lumding Jn.
Commuter rail & Regional rail
Lumding Junction Railway Station
General information
LocationStation Road, Lumding, Hojai-782447, Assam
 India
Coordinates25°45′01″N 93°10′37″E / 25.7502°N 93.1769°E / 25.7502; 93.1769
Elevation142 metres (466 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNortheast Frontier Railway
Line(s)
Platforms5
Tracks14
ConnectionsAuto-rickshaw
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingParking Available
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle facilities Available
AccessibleDisabled access Yes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeLMG
Zone(s) Northeast Frontier Railway
Division(s) Lumding
History
Opened1903
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesAssam Bengal Railway
Passengers
50K/Day (Increase high)
Services
Waiting RoomFood & DrinkFood PlazaLiftsCCTVEscalatorsRailwire Free WifiRetiring Rooms
Location
Lumding Junction railway station is located in Assam
Lumding Junction railway station
Lumding Junction railway station
Location in Assam
Map

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 Guwahati. 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 150-kilometre long (93 mi) 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:

  • 02 (02 Bedded) AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker/Charging point
  • 07 (02 Bedded) Non AC Retiring Rooms with Free Wi-Fi/TV/Locker
  • 01 (08 Bedded) Non AC Dormitory with Free Wi-Fi/TV
  • Executive Lounge
  • High Speed Google Railwire Free Wi-Fi service
  • Upper Class/Lower Class Waiting Rooms having Free Wi-Fi/AC/TV/Charging points/Drinking water & separate Ladies/Gents Washrooms
  • Food Plaza
  • Tea Stall
  • FOB with 2X Escalator/Elevators 3X
  • CCTV Surveillance

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

References

  1. ^ Indiarailinfo Lumding railway station
  2. ^ Report on the administration of North East India (1921–22). Mittal Publishers Distributors. 1984. p. 46. Retrieved 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, ISBN 81-8324-098-4, Mittal Publications, New Delhi
  4. ^ "IR History: Part III (1900–1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Highlights of Railway Budget, 1997–98". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project". Process Register. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Gauge conversion deadline now April 2015". The Times of India. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  8. ^ is"Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  9. ^ Northeast Fontier Railway – Lumding Division. Lumding Division. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  10. ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via New Tinsukia)". indiarailinfo.com.
  11. ^ "New Delhi–Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (Via Moranhat)". indiarailinfo.com.
  12. ^ "Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  13. ^ "Silchar-Coimbatore Express". confirmtkt.com.
  14. ^ "Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  15. ^ "15609⇒15909/Avadh Assam Express (PT)". indiarailinfo.com.
  16. ^ "Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Guwahati Express via Katihar". indiarailinfo.com.
  17. ^ "Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati". indiarailinfo.com.
  18. ^ "Sealdah Silchar Kanchanjunga Express". indiarailinfo.com.
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Patharkhola
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone Terminus
Terminus Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Lumding–Dibrugarh section
 Bar Langfer
towards ?
Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Lumding–Sabroom section
 Manderdisa
towards ?