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Bengal Dooars Railway

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"Branch Lines" section rewritten to be less obtrusive.
== Branch Lines ==
*'''[[Ramsai Branch Railway]]''' (Metre gauge: 6 miles); Lataguri Junction to Ramsai (6 miles) - opened 11 June 1893; this served a remote tea garden at Ramsai (362 miles). *'''[[Madari Hat Branch Railway]]''' (Metre gauge: 44 miles);Mal Junction to Chalsa (5 miles)- opened 1 April 1901;Chalsa to Chengmari (14 miles) - opened 1 January 1903;Chengmari to Dalgaon (16 miles) - opened 23 March 1903; Dalgaon to Madari Hat (9 miles) -opened 14 June 1903. *'''[[Metelli Branch Railway]]''' (Metre gauge: 5 miles); Chalsa Junction to Metelli (5 miles) - opened 10 June 1918. *'''[[Kurigram Branch Railway]]''' (Narrow gauge: 15 miles); Tista Junction to Kurigram - opened 6 February 1882. This line is a remnant of the Kaunia Dharle Railway, the most part of which was converted to metre gauge and incorporated in the main Assam line. *'''[[Dam Dim-Bagrakote Extension Railway]]'''An ; an extension to BDR opened 1891-92 *'''[[Lalmonirhat-Gitaldaha(Geetaldaha) Railway]]'''Link ; link between BDR and [[Cooch Behar Railway]]; opened c.1900
== Associate Lines ==
*'''[[Kaunia-Dharlia State Tram/Railway]]''' . Constructed c.1885 by East Bengal Railway(EBR) as Narrow Gauge Tram.Converted to Medium Gauge, 1901 with part to EBR's '''[[Gauhati Branch Railway]]'''; part to '''[[Kurigram Branch Railway]]''' mentioned above.
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