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Dhubri Branch Railway

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The '''Dhubri Branch Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of Assam Section of the [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR), it . The short branchline from [[Dhubri]] on the EBR mainline to [[Fakiragram]] opened in 1902<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n55/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 47, pdf page 55]; Retrieved 25 Aug 2016</ref>.  [[Fakiragram]] was the terminal station of the [[Goalpara Forest Tramway]] and where the timber extracted from the forests was tranferred to the EBR network for distribution <ref name=Handique>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=acPL3Lflga4C&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=goalpara+forest+tramway&source=bl&ots=hoFotVzzin&sig=sDcOFBYtAyU7aQtITD9Fo0iB2YU&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSvO6cgPTJAhUByRoKHaySAxoQ6AEIOjAF#v=onepage&q=goalpara%20forest%20tramway&f=false "British Forest Policy in Assam" by Rajib Handique page 117]; Retrieved 25 Aug 2016</ref>.
==Further Information==
See '''[[East Bengal Railway]]'''
 
== References ==
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[[Category:State Railways]]
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