Lekhapani railway station, opened around 1890, was a major coal-loading point for Tipong collieries.

The 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge continued up to Tirap for railway sidings.

Beyond that the remnants of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge track to Lekhapani was visible (as of 2005).

[3] Lekhapani was the starting point of the Stillwell Road constructed by the Allied forces in 1942–45 through Burma to Kunming in China.

[4] This article about a railway station in the Indian state of Assam is a stub.