Dimapur railway station
Dimapur Railway Station 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 its surrounding areas. History. The -wide metre-gauge railway 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 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 (Nagaland's only railhead at present) 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.