Assam-Bengal Railway

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

Assam Valley Branch Railway, opened in stages 1897-1900

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

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

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

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

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

• 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".