A History of Assam c23.61

c23.61

The principal railway in the province, the Assam-Bengal State Railway, was opened for traffic in 1905. This line runs from the port of Chittagong, through Tippera, Sylhet and Cachar, thence across the North Cachar hills to Lumding, and thence up the south bank of the Brahmaputra to a point on the Dibru-Sadiya Railway. The latter section is connected with Gauhāti by a branch which takes off at Lumding. Its total length in Assam is 607 miles. Two feeder lines have been constructed, the one from Chaparmukh to the Brahmaputra at Silghāt, a distance of 51 miles and the other 23½ miles in length, from Lālbazār to Kātākhāl.