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A metre gauge line, the The '''Dacca State Railway''' (DSR) was constructed a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 90 miles(144km) mainly for the carriage of raw jute up to the inland port of [[Narayanganj]] for forwarding and then onwards by river to [[Calcutta]]. Formerly known as '''Narayanganj-Dacca & Mymensingh Railway'''
== History ==At [[Mymensingh]], there was an end-on connection to the privately owned [[Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannath Railway]], worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]EBR.
The 90 mile long DSR was opened for traffic in 1885. In 1887, to ensure better management, the DSR was , along with [[Northern Bengal State Railway]](NBSR) and the narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) [[Kaunia-Dharlia State Tram/Railway]] were amalgamated with to form the '''[[Eastern Bengal State Railway]] '''(EBSREBR).
At [[Mymensingh]], there was an end-on connection to The DSR became the privately owned [[Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannath Railway]], also worked by the EBSR. == External links == [http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/R_0072.htm "Railway"] 'EBR Metre Gauge'Banglapedia 'Dacca Section Railway'.
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The first section from [[Narayanganj]] to [[Dacca]] opened in January 1885 and reached [[Mymensingh]] in August 1885. The railway was first named the '''[[Narayanganj-Dacca-Mymensingh State Railway]]''' renamed '''[[Dacca State Railway]]''' in late 1885;
<ref>[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway “National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh – Railways” ]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref>
==Further Information==
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayanganj%E2%80%93Bahadurabad_Ghat_line “Narayanganj Bahadurabad-Ghat Line] Wikipedia
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
