9,628
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
In 1942 Thus giving a total line length of 86 miles(140km) including the working was taken over by [[Makum Branch Railway|‘Makum Branch’]] and the ‘[[Bengal Ledo and Assam Tikak Margherita Colliery Railway]] ’<ref name=Admin/> and later classified as the ‘Dibru-Sadiya Railway System’<ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 228, pdf 271]; Retrieved 19 Aug 2020</ref>. The ‘Statistics of Working’ for 1937 <ref name=Hist1937/> show the duration of year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 for the war ‘Dibru-Sadiya Railway System’ comprising:-* ‘Dibru-Sadiya Railway’ 80 miles (WW2130km) * ‘[[Ledo and the Tikak Margherita Colliery Railway]]’ 6 miles(10km) == Classification ==[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class II railway was nationalised in 1945system.
Revised ‘Railway Development’ heading incorporating 1937 Report info, ‘Classification’ and ‘Further Development’ headings created
==Railway Development==
The first section of the line opened in 1882 from Brahmaputra River Steamer Ghat near [[Dibrugarh]] eastward, 15 miles(24km); extended to [[Makum| Makum Junction]] in 1883, a further 23½ miles(38km). Reaching [[Talap]] in 1885 giving a total 54½ miles(88km) )<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n187/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 178]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2020</ref>
'''[[Makum Branch Railway]]''', 23 miles(37km), opened in 1884 as a branch from [[Makum|Makum Junction]] to Dihing Bridge<ref name=Admin/>
In 1903 a connection was created with the opening of the terminus at [[Tinsukia]] of the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) [[Assam-Bengal_Railway#ABR_Initial_Line_and_Branches|‘Assam-Bengal Railway Mainline’]], thus giving a direct line to [[Chittagong|Chittagong Port]].
'''[[Saikhoa Extension Railway]]''' , 8½ miles(14km), from [[Talap]] was a further extension in 1910 to reach Saikhoa Ghat. Thus giving a total line length of 86 miles(140km) including the [[Makum Branch Railway|‘Makum Branch’]] <ref name=Admin/>.
==Origins and Background==
