Dimapur railway station


Dimapur is a railway station on the Lumding-Dibrugarh section. It is located in Dimapur district in the Indian state of Nagaland. It serves Dimapur and the surrounding areas.

History

The wide metre gauge railway track earlier laid by Assam Bengal Railway from Chittagong to Lumding was extended to Tinsukia on the Dibru-Sadiya line in 1903.
The project for the conversion of the Lumding-Dibrugarh section from metre gauge to wide broad gauge was completed by the end of 1997.

Under-construction line to Kohima

As of July 2020, the Dimapur-Kohima line to Kohima In Nagaland is expected to be completed by March 2023..
The long Dimapur-Zubza-Kohima new line project has the status of a National Project. Final location survey has been completed for the entire project.
As of August 2019, the 25% work on the 82.5 km line from Dimapur to Zubza near state capital Kohima has been completed, railway has requested the Nagaland govt to expedite the land acquisition process which is holding up progress on this rail link.

Future extension

Chinese govt has proposed to Myanmar to connect the existing Myitkyina railhead in North Myanmar on China–Myanmar border to west to Zubza/Dimapur railhead in Nagaland of India, and to east to Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan of China.

Amenities

Dimapur railway station has two four-bedded retiring rooms and a four-bedded dormitory.