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|image= Dibru-Sadiya Railway 1942.jpg
|image= Dibru-Sadiya Railway 1942.jpg
|caption= 1942 map
|caption= 1942 map
|route= [[Dibrugarh]] to [[Talap]]
|route= [[Dibrugarh]] to [[Talap]] to [[Saikhoa]](1910)
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 78 Miles (1905)
|gauge1details= 78 Miles (1905)
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|timeline1date= 1881
|timeline1date= 1881
|timeline1details= Company formed
|timeline1details= Company formed
|timeline2date= 1882
|timeline2date= 1882 Aug
|timeline2details= First section opened to traffic
|timeline2details= First section opened to traffic.
|timeline3date=  
|timeline3date= 1883 Jul
|timeline3details=
|timeline3details= Extended to [[Makum]] Junction
|timeline4date=  
|timeline4date= 1885 Feb
|timeline4details=
|timeline4details= Line reached [[Talap]]
|timeline5date= 1945
|timeline5date= 1910 May
|timeline5details= Nationalisation
|timeline5details= [[Saikhoa]] Extension, from [[Talap]]
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Dibrugarh]], [[Talap]], [[Tinsukia]]
|stations= [[Dibrugarh]], [[Makum]], [[Talap]], [[Tinsukia]]
|system1date=  
|system1date=  
|system1details= Owned and worked by the<br>[[Assam Railways and Trading Company]]
|system1details= Owned and worked by the<br>[[Assam Railways and Trading Company]]
|system2date= 1942
|system2date= 1942
|system2details= Worked by [[Bengal and Assam Railway]]
|system2details= Worked by [[Bengal and Assam Railway]]
|system3date=
|system3date= 1945
|system3details=   
|system3details=  Nationalisation
}}
}}


A metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway in the extreme north-east corner of India. Owned by [[Assam Railways and Trading Company]]; the first section of the line opened in 1882.
A metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#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 a branch of the Dibru-Sadiya Railway that opened in 1884.
The [[Makum Branch Railway]] was an AR&TC branch of the Dibru-Sadiya Railway that opened in 1884 to Dihing bridge, 23 miles.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n186/mode/2up  "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 178]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n186/mode/2up  "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 178]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref>
 
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..


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Revision as of 11:16, 23 February 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..

References