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|system1date= 1947
|system1details= Division of system following Partition|system2date= 1947<br>1952<br><br>|system2details= BAR within East Pakistan India renamed '''Assam Railway'''<br>AR merged into '''North Eastern Bengal Railway'''(IR zone)|system2datesystem3date= 1947<br><br>1961<br>1972|system2detailssystem3details= BAR within East Pakistan renamed '''Eastern Bengal Railway'''<br>EBR renamed '''Pakistan Eastern Railway'''|system3date= 1972|system3details= <br>PER renamed '''Bangladesh Railway'''
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 898 miles (1943)
For administrative convenience, the section of the BAR 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 was split up divided between the two new nations of [[India]] and those parts ramaining [[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 within the area of East Pakistan were was renamed the '''Eastern Bengal Railway''' with ownership and control vesting 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'''.
