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The '''Narayanganj-Dacca-Mymensingh State Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 90 miles(144km) mainly for carriage of raw jute up to the inland port of [[Narayanganj]] and then onwards by river to [[Calcutta]]. Also known as the '''Dacca-Mymensingh Branch Railway'''when under construction in December 1881 until early 1884 when [[Horace Bell]] was Engineer-in-Chief of the works.
The first section from [[Narayanganj]] to [[Dacca]] opened in January 1885 and reached [[Mymensingh]] in August 1885. The railway was renamed '''[[Dacca State Railway]]''' in late 1885; which in 1887 merged into '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]'''(EBR).
