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The '''Cooch Behar State Railway''' (CBSR) was originally a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that ran north from its junction with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] at [[Gitaldaha]] to reaching [[Cooch Behar]] and in 1898 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n58/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to [[Jainti31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 49]] in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas; Retrieved 28 Dec 2017</ref>.

Owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Cooch Behar State]], it was worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]. The line was extended northward to the border with British Territory in 1900 and to [[Jainti]] in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in 1901. In 1910 the entire line from [[Gitaldaha]] to [[Jainti]] line was converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]).becoming the 'Jainti Branch' of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway#EBR Metre Gauge Division|'EBR Metre Gauge']] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n57n56/mode/2up 1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 4947 (pdf56]; Retrieved 1 Feb 201628 Dec 2017</ref>.