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{{System_Railways_Infobox
|image=Bengal_Assam_Railway_logo.jpg|caption= ''Bengal and Assam Railway device''
|timeline1date= 1942
|timeline1details= Formed from 2 existing systems
|timeline5details=
|company1= 1942
|company1details= [[Assam -Bengal Railway]]
|company2= 1942
|company2details= [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]
}}
The '''Bengal and Assam Railway''' (BAR) 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'''. In a similar manner, on 1 October 1944, the GoI took over the [[Sara-Sirajgonj Railway]] and merged it into the BAR.
In 1947, the BAR was split up and those parts ramaining within the area of East Pakistan were renamed '''Eastern Bengal Railway''' with ownership and control vesting in the Central Government of Pakistan. In 1961, the system was further renamed '''Pakistan Eastern Railway'''.
== External links ===
[http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/R_0048.htm "Railway"] ''Banglapedia''.
