Lekhapani railway station

Lekhapani
Indian Railway Station
Location Assam Trunk Road, Makum, Distt: Tinsukia, Assam
India
Coordinates 27°19′16″N 95°49′41″E / 27.321°N 95.828°E / 27.321; 95.828Coordinates: 27°19′16″N 95°49′41″E / 27.321°N 95.828°E / 27.321; 95.828
Elevation 130 metres (430 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s) Lumding-Dibrugarh section
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Other information
Status Defunct
Station code MJN
History
Opened 1890
Closed 1993
Location
Lekhapani railway station
Location in Assam

Lekhapani is a railway station on the Lumding-Dibrugarh section. It is located in Tinsukia district in the Indian state of Assam.

History

Lekhapani railway station, opened around 1890, was a major coal-loading point for Tipong collieries. There is a display tablet at the station which says that the station was closed to commercial traffic in 1993 and the last train ran on the line in 1997. The railway station was restored in 2009.[1][2]

Lekhapani used to be the eastern-most railway station of Indian Railways. When gauge conversions took place around 1997, Ledo became the last and the eastern-most station. The 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge continued up to Tirap for railway sidings. Beyond that the remnants of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge track to Lekhapani was visible (as of 2005).[3]

Stillwell Road

Lekhapani was the starting point of the Stillwell Road constructed by the allied forces in 1942-45 through Burma to Kunming in China.[2]

New line surveys

Surveys are underway for 6 km (4 mi) long line from Tirap to Lekhapani and 31 km (19 mi) long line from Lekhapani to Kharsang in Arunachal Pradesh.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "NF Rly to promote its heritage". The Assam Tribune, 28 August 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Railway's Last Frontier". flickr. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Trivia". Eastern-most station. IRFCA. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Railway's Surveys Underway". Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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