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| + | #Redirect [[Kaunia-Dharlia State Tram/Railway]] |
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| − | |route= [[Kaunia]] to [[Kurigram]]
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| − | |gauge3= 2' 6" NG
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| − | |timeline3date= 1928-1929
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| − | |timeline3details= Kaunia-Teesta section converted to MG<br>Teesta-Kurigram section converted to BG
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| − | |presidency= [[Bengal]]
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| − | |stations= [[Kaunia]], [[Kurigram]], [[Teesta]]
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| − | |system1details= State agency
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| − | The '''Kaunia-Kurigram Railway''' (KKR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that extended the [[Northern Bengal State Railway]] eastwards from [[Kaunia]] to [[Teesta]], and then to [[Kurigram]]. section
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| − | In 1916-17 the conversion of the [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] section of KKR from NG to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) was sanctioned by Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) under the agency of the East Bengal Railway(EBR). The NG rolling stock thus released was to be transferred to the Khulna–Bagerhat Railway
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| − | <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
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| − | Following conversion to MG the [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] was worked by, and absorbed into, the East Bengal Railway(EBR)network
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| − | ''The following record requires verification''
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| − | Between 1928-1929, the Kaunia-Teesta section was converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and that from [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] section to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]).
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| − | == References ==
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| − | [[Category:State Railways]]
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