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{{Line Railways Infobox
#Redirect [[Kaunia-Dharlia State Tram/Railway]]
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|route= [[Kaunia]] to [[Kurigram]]
|gauge1=
|gauge1details=
|gauge2=
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|gauge3= 2' 6" NG
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|gauge4=
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|timeline1date=
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|timeline2date=
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|timeline3date= 1928-1929
|timeline3details= Kaunia-Teesta section converted to MG<br>Teesta-Kurigram section converted to BG
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|timeline5date=
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Kaunia]], [[Kurigram]], [[Teesta]]
|system1date=
|system1details= State agency
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The '''Kaunia-Kurigram Railway''' (KKR) was a  2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that extended the [[Northern Bengal 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 </ref>
 
Following conversion to MG the [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] was worked by, and absorbed into, the East Bengal Railway(EBR)network
 
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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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