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On 1st April 1904, the Government of India(==Further Information==See '''[[Government of India |GoIEastern Bengal Railway]]) took over the enterprise and the line became the first part of the EBR's '''Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway''' when the system was extended from [[Bonapara]] to [[Kaunia]] in 1905<ref>Indian Railway Raj Safari 1a - Keith Scholey</ref>
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The '''Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line that was completed in 1905 becoming part of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) network.
The original section from [[Santahar]] to [[Bonapara]], a distance of 51 miles(82km) , opened in 1899-1900 and originally part of as the [[Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway]], being worked by [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR). On 1st April 1904, the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) took over the enterprise and the line became the first part of the EBR's '''Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway''' when the system was extended from [[Bonapara]] to [[Kaunia]] in 1905.<ref>Indian Railway Raj Safari 1a - Keith Scholey</ref>
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