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Indian railway zone

The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and expansion of rail network all across Northeastern states and some districts of eastern Bihar and northern West Bengal.

In 1881, the Assam Railway and Trading Company opened a metre gauge line long from Dibrugarh to Makum. This company later started the first passenger train in Assam by the name of 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 and the Northeast Frontier Railway. to better serve the needs of the northeastern states.

The area of Northeast Frontier Railway operations is characterized by exceptional beauty and at the same time by some of the most arduous terrain. This difficult terrain limits the rail network expansion, and the only state with a decent rail network is Assam. The network is not broad gauge in many parts and the rail lines are antiquated with speeds at some sections being limited to a maximum of Before the Saraighat Bridge was constructed, passengers had to get down on the Amingaon side of the Brahmaputra and take a ferry across to Pandu Junction from where they could resume their journey. The majority of the tracks have been converted to BG and electrification is in process starting from Katihar till Guwahati.

These are the major railway station which have large numbers of passenger frequencies and stoppages of trains in the zone. + List of major railway stations in Northeast Frontier Railway Zone of Indian Railways Sl. No. Name of station Station code Division 1 GHY Lumding 2 DBRG Tinsukia 3 RNY Rangiya 4 KYQ Lumding 5 LMG Lumding 6 MXN Tinsukia 7 BPB Lumding 8 SCL Lumding 9 DMV Lumding 10 NTSK Tinsukia 11 RPAN Rangiya 12 NBQ Rangiya 13 NOQ Alipurduar 14 NCB Alipurduar 15 APDJ Aipurduar 16 NJP Katihar 17 KIR Katihar 18 AGTL Lumding 19 SGUJ Katihar20 Jalpaiguri Road railway stationJPE Alipurduar21Dhupguri railway stationDQGAlipurduar