Makum railway station

Makum
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location	Assam Trunk Road, Makum, Tinsukia District, Assam  India
Coordinates	27°29′13″N 95°26′21″E / 27.4869°N 95.4393°ECoordinates: 27°29′13″N 95°26′21″E / 27.4869°N 95.4393°E
Elevation	130 metres (430 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Lumding-Dibrugarh section
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MJN
Division(s)	Tinsukia
History
Opened	1883
Location
Makum railway station Location in Assam

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 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) 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]

The project for the conversion of the Lumding-Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.^[3]

References

1. 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
2. "History of Tinsukia Division". NF Railway. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
3. "Lumding Dibrugarh GC Project". Process Register. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

External links

• Trains at Makum

Preceding station		Indian Railway		Following station
Tinsukia		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Tinsukia-Dangri branch line		Bara Hapjan
Tinsukia		Northeast Frontier Railway zone Tinsukia-Ledo branch line		Tingrai