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The '''Bengal-Dooars Railway''' (BDR) was a company owned and operated collection of small metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines that ran from its junction with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] north west towards the [[Bhutan]] border.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 163]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
Confusingly, the later lines are listed separately as the '''Bengal Dooars Extensions Railway''' in railway statistics, although they form an integral part of its system; these being State funded extensions and passed to BDR on completion
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 167]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
== History ==
An extension to BDR opened 1891-92
*'''[[Lalmonirhat-GitalahaGitaldaha(Geetaldaha) Railway]]'''
Link between BDR and [[Cooch Behar Railway]]; opened c.1900
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.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
