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|timeline4date= 1913
|timeline4details= Extension to [[Kishanganj]] planned
|timeline5date= 1948|timeline5details= Nationalisation
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Siliguri]], [[Sukna]], [[Rangtong]], [[Chunbatti]], [[Tindharia]], [[Gayabari]], [[Mahanadi]], [[Kurseong]], [[Tung]], [[Dilaran]], [[Sonada]], [[Rangbul]], [[Jor Bungalow]], [[Ghum]], [[Darjeeling]]<br>[[Kalimpong Road]], [[Kishanganj]]
|system1date= 1880
|system1details= Own agency
|system2date= 19581952|system2details= [[Northeast Frontier North Eastern Railway]] (IR zone)|system3date=1958|system3details= [[Northeast Frontier Railway]] (IR zone)
}}
In 1913, the system was extended from [[Siliguri]] south-westwards to [[Kishanganj]]. There was also a short branch from [[Siliguri]] to [[Kalimpong Road]]. Technically, these extensions were a separate company, worked by the agency of the first.
As an assisted railway, the DHR fell into the control of [[Indian Railways]] (IR) after independence. Between 1948 and 1950, the Kishanganj branch was converted to metre gauge and in 1958 transferred, as part of the '''Assam Rail Link''', to the [[Assam Railway]]. In 1952, the DHR became part of [[North Eastern Railway]] but in 1958 it was transferred to the newly formed [[Northeast Frontier Railway]], an IR zone.
== External links ==
*[http://www.dhrs.org/ "Welcome to the DHRS"] ''Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway "Darjeeling Himalayan Railway"] ''Wikipedia''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_F_Railway "N F Railway"] ''Wikipedia''. *[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r007.html "A Himilayan loop line"] ''Mike's Railway History''.
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
[[Category:Indian Railways]]
