History
In 1881, Railway first entered in Assam when Assam Railway and Trading Company set up metre gauge track. The 65 km long metre gauge line from Dibrugarh to Margherita was consrtucted mainly for transportation of tea and coal. This company later started first passenger train in Assam by the name Dibru Sadiya Railway. The North Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 by amalgamating two Railway systems: the Assam Railway and Oudh and Tirhut Railway. Later, it was bifurcated into two railway zones on 15 January 1958, the North Eastern Railway (India) and the Northeast Frontier Railway. to better serve the needs of the northeastern states.
Read more about this topic: Northeast Frontier Railway Zone
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