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Opened Also known as the '''Dacca-Mymensingh Branch Railway''' when under construction in December 1881 until early 1884when [[Horace Bell]] was Engineer-in-85Chief of the works.
Renamed The first section from [[Narayanganj]] to [[Dacca]] opened in January 1885 and reached [[Mymensingh]] in August 1885. The railway was renamed '''[[Dacca State Railway(qv), ]]''' in late 1885; which in 1887 merged into '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]'''(EBR(qv), 1887.<ref>[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway “National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh – Railways”]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref> <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayanganj%E2%80%93Bahadurabad_Ghat_line Wikipedia “Narayanganj Bahadurabad-Ghat Line]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref>
{{Work==Records==An on-inline search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” -ProgressSearch]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2016</ref>gives the following:-Rly}}* L/F/7/2162; “Collection 370/7: Railways: Miscellaneous: East Bengal State Railway, working of Dacca-Mymensingh Branch by Assam-Bengal Railway Company”; 1907-1919 ==Further Information==See '''[[Dacca State Railway]]''' and '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]''' == References ==<references />
'Horace Bell' info added with link
The '''Narayanganj-Dacca-Mymensingh State Railway'''was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 90 miles(144km) mainly for carriage of raw jute up to the inland port of [[Narayanganj]] and then onwards by river to [[Calcutta]].
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
