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The '''Cooch Behar State Railway''' (CBSR) was originally a 2' 6" 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that ran north from its junction with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] at [[Gitaldaha]] to reaching [[Cooch Behar]] and in 1898 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n58/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to [[Jainti]31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 49] in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas; Retrieved 28 Dec 2017</ref>.
Owned by the State of [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Cooch BeharState]], it was worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]. In 1910 the The line was converted extended northward to the border with British Territory in 1900 and to metre gauge[[Jainti]] in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in 1901.
In 1910 the entire line from [[Gitaldaha]] to [[Jainti]] line was converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) becoming the 'Jainti Branch' of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway#EBR Metre Gauge Division|'EBR Metre Gauge']] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n56/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 47 (pdf56]; Retrieved 28 Dec 2017</ref>.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
