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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.
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
== History ==
The undertaking was amalgamated with the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]] in January 1941.
== 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.
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[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
