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*[http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp "Brief History"] ''Bangladesh Railway''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Railway "Bangladesh Railway"] ''Wikipedia''.
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|company3details= [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]]
|company4= 1943
|company4details= [[Jorhat (Provincial) State Railway]]
|company5= 1944
|company5details= [[Sara-Sirajgonj Railway]]
|system1details= Division of system following Partition
|system2date= 1947<br>1952<br><br>
|system2details= BAR B&AR within India renamed [[Assam Railway]]<br>AR merged into [[North Eastern Railway]]] (IR zone)
|system3date= 1947<br><br>1961<br>1972
|system3details= BAR B&AR within East Pakistan renamed [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]<br>EBR renamed [[Pakistan Eastern Railway]]<br>PER renamed [[Bangladesh Railway]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 898 miles (1943)
}}
The '''Bengal and Assam Railway''' (BARB&AR) was formed on 1 January 1942 by the amlgamation of the [[Assam-Bengal Railway]] (ABR) with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] (EBR).
== History ==
On the expiry of the [[Assam Bengal Railway|Assam-Bengal Railway's]] contract at the end of 1941, the Government of India exercised its option and took over the ABR, merging it with the EBR to create the '''Bengal and Assam Railway'''. On 1 April 1942, the BAR took over operational control of the [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]] for the duration of the war (WW2). On 1 October 1943, the GoI took over the [[Jorhat (Provincial) State Railway]] and on 1 October 1944, the [[Sara-Sirajgonj Railway]], merging both in turn into the BARB&AR.
For administrative convenience, the section of the BAR B&AR west of the [[Brahmaputra]] was referred to as the ''EB Zone'' and that to the east as the ''AB Zone'', retaining the nomenclature in use before the amalgamation.
In 1947, the BAR B&AR was divided between the two new nations of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. That part remaining in India was renamed the [[Assam Railway]]; in 1952, this was merged into a new zone of Indian Railways, [[North Eastern Railway]]].
The part of BAR B&AR within the area of East Pakistan was renamed the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] with ownership and control vested in the Central Government of Pakistan. In 1961, the system was further renamed [[Pakistan Eastern Railway]].
In 1972, Pakistan Eastern Railway became [[Bangladesh Railway]].
== External links ==
*[http://wwwen.banglapediawikipedia.org/httpdocs/HTwiki/R_0048.HTM Bangladesh_Railway "Bangladesh Railway"] ''BanglapediaWikipedia''.*[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway Railway] Banglapedia (National Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh)*[http://inforail.blogspot.com/2012/10/brief-history-of-bangladesh-railway.html Brief History of Bangladesh Railway]. Bangladesh Railway Information.
