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The '''Assam-Bengal Railway''' (ABR) was a metre gauge railway built to connect the highlands of Assam with the port of [[Chittagong]].
The '''Assam-Bengal Railway''' (ABR) was a metre gauge railway built to connect the highlands of Assam with the port of [[Chittagong]].


===Branch Lines===
===Branch Lines===
'''[[Assam Valley Branch Railway]]''',  opened in stages 1897-1900
*[[Assam Valley Branch Railway]],  opened in stages 1897-1900
 
*[[Bhairab Bazar Branch Railway]] , opened 1910
'''[[Bhairab Bazar Branch Railway]]''' , opened 1910
*[[Chandpur Branch Railway]], opened 1895
 
*[[Chittagong Port Branch Railway]], opened 1895; constructed to convey tea to Chittagong port; line extended, 1903
'''[[Chandpur Branch Railway]]''', opened 1895
*[[Hajiganj-Shatnal Railway Survey]].  Branch line surveyed by ABR, 1897; still pending 1906; apparently not constructed
 
*[[Naginimora Branch Railway]], under construction 1911
'''[[Chittagong Port Branch Railway]]''', opened 1895; constructed to convey tea to Chittagong port; line extended, 1903
*[[Silchar Branch Railway]], opened 1899
 
*[[Sylhet Branch Railway]], under construction 1911
'''[[Hajiganj-Shatnal Railway Survey]]'''.  Branch line surveyed by ABR, 1897; still pending 1906; apparently not constructed
 
'''[[Naginimora Branch Railway]]''', under construction 1911
 
'''[[Silchar Branch Railway]]''', opened 1899
 
'''[[Sylhet Branch Railway]]''', under construction 1911
 


===Lines being worked by ABR===
===Lines being worked by ABR===
'''[[Chaparmukh Silghat Railway]]''', opened  1908 and being worked by ABR 1919
*[[Chaparmukh Silghat Railway]], opened  1908 and being worked by ABR 1919
 
*[[Gauhati-Pandu Railway]], Worked by ABR; a detached section of EBR providing connection to Pandu ferry to meet EBR network at Amingaon
'''[[Gauhati-Pandu Railway]]''', Worked by ABR; a detached section of EBR providing connection to Pandu ferry to meet EBR network at Amingaon
*[[Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway]]; Constructed 1912-18, worked by ABR
*[[Netrakona-Mohanganj Railway]] Constructed 1912-18, worked by ABR; part of  Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway
'''[[Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway]]'''; Constructed 1912-18, worked by ABR
*[[Noakhali (Bengal) Railway]], opened 1902; Worked by ABR until merged into ABR 1906
 
*[[Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway]], opened 1908, Link constructed by EBR from Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry to ABR network; worked by ABR; transferred to ABR 1922
'''[[Netrakona-Mohanganj Railway]]''' Constructed 1912-18, worked by ABR; part of  Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway
 
'''[[Noakhali (Bengal) Railway]]''', opened 1902; Worked by ABR until merged into ABR 1906
 
'''[[Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway]]''', opened 1908, Link constructed by EBR from Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry to ABR network; worked by ABR; transferred to ABR 1922
 
 


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 12:53, 6 September 2015

Assam-Bengal Railway
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Line of route
Chittagong to Tinsukia
Lumding to Gauhati
Lakshar to Chandpur (branch)
Badarpur to Silchar (branch)
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 740 miles (1905)
Timeline
1891 Construction started
1898 First section opened to traffic
1904 Traffic running throughout the length of the railway
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations
System agency
1892 Assam-Bengal Railway
1942 Bengal and Assam Railway
How to interpret this infobox
Assam-Bengal Railway

Assam-Bengal Railway device
System timeline
1892 Company formed to manage state line
Constituent companies / lines
1892 Assam-Bengal Railway
Noakhali (Bengal) Railway
Key locations
Headquarters Chittagong
Workshops
Major Stations
Successor system / organisation
1942 Bengal and Assam Railway
System mileage
Metre gauge 775 miles (1905)
Associated auxiliary force
Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
How to interpret this infobox

The Assam-Bengal Railway (ABR) was a metre gauge railway built to connect the highlands of Assam with the port of Chittagong.

Branch Lines

Lines being worked by ABR

External links

  • The Assam-Bengal railway: Extracts from The Romantic East: Burma, Assam, Kashmir (1906) irfca.org
  • Take this train at your own peril by Jaideep Mazumdar February 23, 2013 timescrest.com. "The rail route through the Borail Hill Range between Lumding and Badarpur in Assam is considered to be an engineering marvel with 37 tunnels and a series of stunning bridges and viaducts spanning deep gorges and ravines. During the construction of this rail line, which took 11 years (it was completed in 1903) many died of malaria, diarrhoea, other diseases, attacks by wild animals. There were also killer landslides".