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DBWS-DBRT(Very old Dibrugarh Railway workshops)--Pride of Assam and India.
BRIEF HISTORY OF DIBRUGARH WORKSHOP
Due to development of coal, petroleum and tea industries in the undivided Lakhimpur district of Assam during the early part of nineteenth century, the communication to and from this region developed rapidly. As a result, the first Railway system...
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of this region – the “Dibru Sadia Railway” was introduced in 1881. This Railway acted as a feeder line to the steamer ghat on the river Brahmaputra and complemented the Waterways, which was the only mode of bulk transportation during that time. After opening of “Dibru Sadia Railway” and its gradual development by the “Assam Railway and Trading Company” (ARTC) this Railway connected the distance tea gardens and collieries to the steamerghat of Mohanaghat at Dibrugarh thereby proving a link through the water ways upto the Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) and Kolkata Ports. Thus, Assam was connected to the outside world in 1895, when the DSR was connected to “Assam Bengal Railway” after which the rail traffic started gradually growing in this region. For the purpose of overhauling
and maintenance of locomotives, this workshop was established as a loco workshop under Loco Supdt. W. Hoiker in 1881. At present, DBWS is undertaking POH and IOH activities of BG coaches only.
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