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Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed; "Further Information" added with link
The '''Mymensingh–Bhairab Bazar''' Railway Company constructed this line between 1912 and opened in stages in 1912-18. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line was worked by the [[Assam Bengal Railway]] (ABR).
<ref name=name>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongi%E2%80%93Bhairab%E2%80%93Akhaura_line Wikipedia "Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line". Para. Bhairab Bazar–Kishoreganj–Gouripur–Mymensingh line]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n163/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 155]; Retrieved 19 Dec 20159 Feb 2016</ref>
The line joined [[Mymensingh]]–Gouripur–Kishoreganj-[[Bhairab Bazar]] and covers the northern bank of the of the Brahmaputra River. The line length was 101 miles (161Km).
*'''L/F/8/20/1675''' “ Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway, Contract for construction, maintenance and working of a railway; 1922"
*'''L/F/8/20/1702''' “ Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway Company Limited and Assam-Bengal Railway Company Limited, Contract for working, maintenance and management of the Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway. Plus addendum and corrigendum to contracts dated 7th November 1922; 1924"
==Further Information==
See '''[[Assam Bengal Railway]]'''
== References ==
