N F Railway

Northeast Frontier Railway

Northeast Frontier Railway

N.F.Railway has Five Divisions namely, Tinsukia, Lumding, Rangiya, Alipurduar & Katihar & at field level these Divisions are directly responsible for Train operations and reports to General Manager. Each of these Divisions is headed by Divisional Railway Manager, a Senior Administrative Grade officer of the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India.

The Departmental Set up at Head Quarter Level & Divisional set up in the field, assists General Manager for running the Railways. Various departments namely, Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Signal & Telecom, Operations, Commercial, Safety, Accounts, Security, Personal & Medical headed by a Senior Administrative Grade / Higher Administrative Grade officer, provide Technical and operational support to the Divisions in Train operations.

Ref:http://www.nfr.railnet.gov.in/http://www.nfrailway.org

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

The DHR ascends 6850 feet from New Jalpaiguri, the climb begins at Sukna, continues uninterruptedly to Ghum (7407ft) and descends the final 5 miles to Darjeeling. After independence, India’s partition resulted in the isolation of the Northeast region. Consequently, the DHR was merged into Assam Railways, it was closed for the construction of the Assam-Bengal link line and one of its extension lines to Kishanganj was converted to Meter gauge. DHR’s other extension line to Kalimpong got washed away due to floods. On re-opening, the DHR was merged with Northeastern Railway in 1952 and later in into Northeast Frontier Railway in 1958.

The DHR achieved worldwide fame for many reasons such as :-

� A gateway to spectacular Himalayas full of mystery/imagination;� The tiny 4-wheeled steam engines of the 19th century are living legends for sounds, fragrance & romance of a bygone era;� The curves, loops, “Z’s” and steep grades crisscrossing the road is a work of genius and a travelers delight;� Darjeeling is famous for T’s–Tea/Timber/Trekking/Tourism.

An interest in DHR all along has ensured that it continues to operate notwithstanding very heavy losses. The Steam Locomotive is an icon of this Railway. Tindharia workshop has kept 13 locomotives surviving, some of which are over 100 years old and the youngest is about 70 years old.Transfer of DHR

l Purchased by Govt. of India. (20/01/1948)l Transferred to Assam Rail Link (26/01/1948)l Transferred to Assam Railway (26/01/1950)l Transferred to North Eastern Railway (14/01/1952)l Transferred to Northeast Frontier Railway (15/01/1958)