Dibru-Sadiya Railway
| 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