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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 [[Cooch Behar]] and on to [[Jainti]] in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas.
Owned by the State of [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Cooch BeharState]], it was worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]. In 1910 the line was converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]).
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 49]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
