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The railway was further extended in 1910 to reach [[Saikhoa]] giving a total line length of 86 miles(140km) including the [[Makum Branch Railway|Makum Branch]] <ref name=name/>.
The railway was further extended in 1910 to reach [[Saikhoa]] giving a total line length of 86 miles(140km) including the [[Makum Branch Railway|Makum Branch]] <ref name=name/>.


In 1942 the working was taken over by the [[Bengal and Assam Railway]] for the duration of the war (WW2) and the railway was nationalised in 1945..  
In 1942 the working was taken over by the [[Bengal and Assam Railway]] for the duration of the war (WW2) and the railway was nationalised in 1945.  
 
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 5 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*L/F/7/2190; "Collection 370/35 Part 1: Railways: Miscellaneous: Dibru-Sadiya Railway. Questions of purchase, proposed extension and proposed amalgamation with the Assam-Bengal Railway"; 1927-1944 
*L/F/7/2191; ditto Part 2; 1944-1948 


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:33, 5 April 2016

Dibru-Sadiya Railway

1942 map
Line of route
Dibrugarh to Talap to Saikhoa(1910)
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 78 Miles (1905)
Timeline
1881 Company formed
1882 Aug First section opened to traffic.
1883 Jul Extended to Makum Junction
1885 Feb Line reached Talap
1910 May Saikhoa Extension, from Talap
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Dibrugarh, Makum, Talap, Tinsukia
System agency
Owned and worked by the
Assam Railways and Trading Company
1942 Worked by Bengal and Assam Railway
1945 Nationalisation
How to interpret this infobox

A metre gauge(MG) railway in the extreme north-east corner of India. Owned by Assam Railways and Trading Company(AR&TC); the first section of the line opened in 1882 from Brahmaputra River steamer ghat, Dibragarh eastward, 15 miles.

The Makum Branch Railway was an AR&TC branch of the Dibru-Sadiya Railway that opened in 1884 to Dihing bridge, 23 miles. [1]

The railway was further extended in 1910 to reach Saikhoa giving a total line length of 86 miles(140km) including the Makum Branch [1].

In 1942 the working was taken over by the Bengal and Assam Railway for the duration of the war (WW2) and the railway was nationalised in 1945.

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [2] gives the following:-

  • L/F/7/2190; "Collection 370/35 Part 1: Railways: Miscellaneous: Dibru-Sadiya Railway. Questions of purchase, proposed extension and proposed amalgamation with the Assam-Bengal Railway"; 1927-1944
  • L/F/7/2191; ditto Part 2; 1944-1948

References