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The '''Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway''' was owned by a branch company but worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR). The line was metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]).
On 1st April 1904, the State took over the enterprise, merging it into EBR.
It comprised two sections opened in 1899/1900
* [[Santahar]] to [[Bonarpara]], 51 miles(81km)
* [[Phulchari Branch Railway]] from [[Bonarpara]] to [[Phulchari]], 8 miles(14km)
These lines became the first part of the EBR's [[Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway]] when the system was extended to Kaunia in 1905
<ref>Indian Railway Raj Safari 1a - Keith Scholey</ref>
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/15/1029 ''' “A Syndicate of Promoters, Contract for the formation of the Brahmaputra Sultanpur Branch Railway Company Limited; 1896”
== Further Information==
This railway was absorbed into the EBR in 1904.
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]'''(EBR) for further information and, in particular, IOR records relating to Staff employment.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
