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The '''Bengal-Dooars Railway''' was a company owned and operated collection of small metre gauge lines that ran from its junction with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] north west towards the [[Bhutan]] border. | The '''Bengal-Dooars Railway''' (BDR) was a company owned and operated collection of small metre gauge lines that ran from its junction with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] north west towards the [[Bhutan]] border. | ||
Revision as of 04:39, 26 August 2015
| Bengal Dooars Railway | ||
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| Line of route | ||
| Lalmanir Hat towards Bhutan | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 153 miles (1905) 158 miles (1922) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1891 | Company formed | |
| 1941 | Merged into Eastern Bengal Railway | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Lalmanir Hat | |
| System agency | ||
| Company owned and worked | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Bengal-Dooars Railway (BDR) was a company owned and operated collection of small metre gauge lines that ran from its junction with the Eastern Bengal Railway north west towards the Bhutan border.
History
The Company was formed in the UK in 1891 and the main contract signed in the same year. The longest line ran from Lalmanir Hat in Rangpur District north west through Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri Districts to the Western Dooars on the borders of Bhutan. The line's headquarters were at Domohani.
The undertaking was amalgamated with the Eastern Bengal State Railway in January 1941.