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{{Line Railways Infobox|image=|caption= |route= [[Kaunia]] to [[Kurigram]]|gauge1= |gauge1details= |gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= |timeline1details=|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= 1928-1929|timeline3details= Kaunia-Teesta section converted to MG<br>Teesta-Kurigram section converted to BG|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bengal]]|stations= [[Kaunia]], [[Kurigram]], #Redirect [[Teesta]]|system1date=|system1details= State agency|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }} The '''Kaunia-Kurigram Railway''' (KKR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that extended the [[Northern Bengal Dharlia State Railway]] eastwards from [[Kaunia]] to [[Teesta]], and then to [[Kurigram]]. section 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 <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y]Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17 <Tram/ref> Following conversion to MG the [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] was worked by, and absorbed into, the East Bengal Railway(EBR)network ''The following record requires verification''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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