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{{short description|Railway section in India}}
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{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Guwahati–Lumding section (including Chaparmukh-Silghat Town & Chaparmukh-Mairabari branch lines)
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| caption = Chaparmukh Junction an important railway station on Guwahati–Lumding section
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| locale = [[Assam]]
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| end = {{rws|Lumding}}
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]]
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The '''Guwahati–Lumding section''' is a broad-gauge railway line connecting {{rws|Guwahati}} and {{rws|Lumding Junction}}. The {{convert|179|km|mi|adj=mid}} long railway line operates in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Assam]]. It is under the jurisdiction of [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]].

==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 [[Port of Chittagong|Chittagong port]]. [[Assam Bengal Railway]] started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of [[Bengal]] in 1891. A {{convert|150|km|mi|adj=mid|long}} track between [[Chittagong]] and [[Comilla]] was opened to traffic in 1895. The Comilla-Akhaura-Kulaura-Badarpur section was opened in 1896–1898 and finally extended to [[Lumding]] in 1903.<ref name=banglapaedia >{{cite book |last=Fida |first=Quazi Abul |year=2012 |chapter=Railway |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pL_GfLfK3lYC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46 |title = Report on the administration of North East India (1921–22) |page=46| publisher=Mttal Publishers Distributors |year = 1984 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7OsLGZKYP5MC&pg=PA105 |title = Socio Economic and Political Problems of Tea Garden Workers: A Study of Assam| year=2006|isbn=81-8324-098-4|page=105 | author= S.N.Singh | author2= Amarendra Narain | author3= Purnendu Kumar|publisher= Mittal Publications| location=New Delhi }}</ref> The Assam Bengal Railway constructed a branch line to Guwahati, connecting the city to the eastern line in 1900. During the 1900–1910 period, the Eastern Bengal Railway built the Golakganj-Amingaon branch line, thus connecting the western bank of the Brahmaputra to the western line.

==Broad gauge==
The railway tracks from Guwahati to Lumding and from Chaparmukh to Haibargaon were upgraded from [[metre gauge]] to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://lumdingdivision.com/lumdingdivisionoverview.php | title = Welcome to the website of Lumding Division, Northeast Frontier Railway | publisher = Lumding Division, NF Railway | access-date = 2012-03-09 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.is/20120718001724/http://lumdingdivision.com/lumdingdivisionoverview.php | archive-date = 18 July 2012 }}</ref>

==Line doubling==
The Guwahati-Lumding-Dibrugarh line was proposed to be doubled in the [[Railway Budget]] for 2011–12.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb2611/at06 |title = State Congress elated, opposition critical |publisher= The Assam Tribune, 26 February 2011| access-date = 13 May 2013 }}</ref>

The {{convert|44.92|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long Lumding-Hojai doubling project was sanctioned in 2012–13.The Lumding Hojai patch doubling was completed on 10 July 2019.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://nfrlyconstruction.org/Uploads/File/projects-on-hand/29.pdf|title = Lumding-Hojai Patch Doubling Project|publisher= NF Railway | access-date = 13 May 2013 }}</ref> The {{convert|30.50|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long New Guwahati-Digaru doubling project was completed in 2012–13.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://nfrlyconstruction.org/Uploads/File/projects-on-hand/30.pdf|title = New Guwahati Patch Doubling Project|publisher= NF Railway | access-date = 13 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/Annualreport10-11/North_eastern_region.pdf |title = North Eastern Region|publisher= Indian Railways| access-date = 13 May 2013 }}</ref>

==Railway reorganisation==
The Assam Railway and Trading Company Limited was merged with Assam Bengal Railway in 1945.<ref>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> With [[partition of india|partition]], Assam Bengal Railway was split up and railway lines in Assam became Assam Railway.<ref name=nfrly>{{cite web| url = http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,444 |title =History |publisher= Northeast Frontier Railway | access-date = 13 May 2013 }}</ref> In 1952, North East Railway was formed with the amalgamation of Assam Railway, Oudh-Tiirhut Railway and the Kanpur-Achnera section of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography : Railway Zones|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 May 2013}}</ref> Northeast Frontier Railway was created with a part of NE Railway in 1958.<ref name=nfrly/>

==Jagiroad train derailment==
On 16 April 2014, around 2:15am [[Guwahati]] bound [[Guwahati - Dimapur BG Express|Dimapur -Kamakhya Express]] derailed on the [[Guwahati-Lumding section]] near [[Jagiroad]] in central [[Assam]]'s [[Morigaon district]] leading to 45 injuries. At the time of the accident the train was carrying around 700 passengers.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=25 April 2014 |url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2014/4/16/104-45-injured-in-a-train-accident-in-Assam.html |title=45 injured in a train accident in Assam |date=16 April 2014 |archive-date=26 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201217/http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2014/4/16/104-45-injured-in-a-train-accident-in-Assam.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/19-passengers-injured-in-assam-train-accident/article5920622.ece|title=19 passengers injured in Assam train accident|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date= 17 April 2014|access-date=25 April 2014|place=[[Guwahati]]}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Railways in North-East India}}
{{2014 railway accidents}}
{{Disasters in India in 2014}}

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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Assam]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1900]]
[[Category:Transport in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Transport in Lumding]]

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