Lumding Junction Railway Station serves the Indian city of Lumding in Assam. It is the divisional headquarter of Lumding railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. It is located in Hojai district. It is the 2nd biggest railway station of Lumding railway division, after . It is one of the oldest railway stations in India built under Assam Bengal Railway. It consists of 5 platforms with a total of 68 halting trains and 3 originating trains. The station consists of double diesel line.
In the pre-partition days, Assam was linked to Chittagong through the AkhauraâÂÂKulauraâÂÂChhatak line and AkhauraâÂÂLaksamâÂÂChittagong line. The Chittagong link had been constructed in response to the demand of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to Chittagong port. Assam Bengal Railway started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of Bengal in 1891. A track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895. The ComillaâÂÂAkhauraâÂÂKulauraâÂÂBadarpur section was opened in 1896âÂÂ1898 and extended to Lumding in 1903.
Assam Bengal Railway opened the LumdingâÂÂGuwahati line in 1900.
After independence and partition, the entire GuwahatiâÂÂLumdingâÂÂDibrugarhâÂÂTinsukia sector was converted from metre gauge to broad gauge by 1997.
The LumdingâÂÂSilchar gauge conversion work was scheduled to be completed in MarchâÂÂApril 2015.
Following services available in Lumding Jn. Railway Station:
There was a metre gauge loco shed at Lumding. When the entire GuwahatiâÂÂLumdingâÂÂDibrugarh line was converted to broad gauge, the LumdingâÂÂBadarpurâÂÂSilchar line has also been converted to broad gauge. The YDM-4 metre gauge locos from New Guwahati loco shed were transferred to Lumding. Recently, the metre-gauge shed is transformed to EMU shed.
Lumding railway division was created on 1 May 1969.