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|route= [[Chittagong]] to [[Tinsukia]]<br>[[Lumding]] to [[Gauhati]]<br>[[Lakshar]] to [[Chandpur]] (branch)<br>[[Badarpur]] to [[Silchar]] (branch)
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|timeline2details= First section opened to traffic
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|timeline3details= Traffic running throughout the length of the srailway
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Revision as of 20:09, 30 December 2008

Assam-Bengal Railway
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Line of route
Chittagong to Tinsukia
Lumding to Gauhati
Lakshar to Chandpur (branch)
Badarpur to Silchar (branch)
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 740 miles (1905)
Timeline
1891 Construction started
1898 First section opened to traffic
1904 Traffic running throughout the length of the srailway
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations
System agency
1892 Assam-Bengal Railway
1942 Bengal and Assam Railway
How to interpret this infobox
Assam-Bengal Railway

Assam-Bengal Railway device
System timeline
1892 Company formed to manage state line
Constituent companies / lines
1892 Assam-Bengal Railway
Noakhali (Bengal) Railway
Key locations
Headquarters Chittagong
Workshops
Major Stations
Successor system / organisation
1942 Bengal and Assam Railway
System mileage
Metre gauge 775 miles (1905)
Associated auxiliary force
Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
How to interpret this infobox

The Assam-Bengal Railway (ABR) was a metre gauge railway built to connect the highlands of Assam with the port of Chittagong.