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{{Infobox Company
|name = Dibru–Sadiya Railway
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|foundation = 1881
|location_city = [[Dibrugarh]]
|location_country = British India
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[[File:Tisukia_Station_1943.jpg|thumb|right|Tinsukia Junction, 1943]]
[[File:Dibrugarh_Railway_Yard,_1943.jpg|thumb|right|Dibrugarh Railway Yard, 1943]]
[[File:Dibru Sadiya Railway.jpg|thumb|right|Dibru–Sadiya Railway plaque, Heritage Museum, Tinsukia]]
[[File:AR&TC mineral wagon 1922.jpg|thumb|right|AR&TC mineral wagon built by [[Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company|MRC&W]] in 1922]]

'''Dibru–Sadiya Railway (DSR)''' was one of the pioneering railway companies in [[British India]] and the first railway service of [[Assam]] in north-east India.<ref name="closed down"/>

==History==

This metre-gauge railway was owned by ''Assam Railways and Trading Company'' (AR&TC), which was incorporated by [[John Berry White]] for transportation of [[coal]], [[tea]] and public in the rapid growth of the tea industry. The first section of the line opened in 1882 from Brahmaputra River steamer ghat, Dibrugarh eastward, 15 miles. First train service had come into operation on 1 May 1882 from Dibrugarh's Mohanamukh to Jaipur. A 40 miles track between [[Dibrugarh]] and [[Makum]] was opened to traffic on 16 July 1883. The first railway junction in Assam was Makum Junction on the railway line that opened in 1884 to Dihing bridge. The railway was further extended in 1910 to reach Saikhoa giving a total line length of {{convert|149|km|mi}} including the Makum Branch.<ref name="closed down">{{cite news | url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec1311/at06 | title=State's first railway track closed down | work=assamtribune.com | date=13 December 2011 | agency=assamtribune | accessdate=28 July 2018 | location=guwahati | archive-date=11 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111080342/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec1311%2Fat06 | url-status=dead }}</ref> On 1 January 1942, the working was taken over by the [[Assam Bengal Railway|Bengal and Assam Railway]]. The railway was later merged with [[North Eastern Railway zone]] in 1952.<ref name="nfr history">{{cite web | url=http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444| title=History of NF Railway | work=nfr | accessdate=28 July 2018 | location=guwahati}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Early Days - 2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.railway.gov.bd/history.asp# |title=Bangladesh Railway |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115201005/http://www.railway.gov.bd/history.asp# |archive-date=15 November 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://wiki.fibis.org/images/8/88/Dibru-Sadiya_Railway_1942.jpg | title=1942 Rail Map | accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tinsukiaonline.com/2011/12/railway-heritage-park-of-tinsukia-assam.html# |title=Railway Heritage Park of Tinsukia, Assam, India - Tinsukia Online |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064507/http://www.tinsukiaonline.com/2011/12/railway-heritage-park-of-tinsukia-assam.html# |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Rolling stock ==
In 1936, the company owned 33 locomotives, 66 coaches and 1617 goods wagons.<ref>{{cite book |title=World Survey of Foreign Railways |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA16 |year=1936 |publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.|language=English |page=221}}</ref>

==Classification==
It was labeled as a Class II railway according to [[Indian Railway Classification]] System of 1926.<ref>{{cite web| title=Indian Railway Classification | url=https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Indian_Railway_Classification | access-date=10 November 2022| language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=World Survey of Foreign Railways |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA15 |year=1936 |publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.|language=English |page=220–223}}</ref>

== Conversion to broad gauge ==
The railway network was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in late 1990s.<ref name="closed down" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.irfca.org/ Indian rail club]

{{Class II railways according to Indian Railway Classification System}}
{{Railways in North-East India}}
{{Indian Railways}}

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[[Category:Metre-gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Assam]]
[[Category:Transport in Dibrugarh]]
[[Category:History of Assam]]

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