Difference between revisions of "Gauhati Branch Railway"

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Gauhati Branch Railway

Part of Assam Section of Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) incorporating part of Kaunia Dharle Railway connecting Golakganj with Gauhati, a distance of 147 miles (235km).

Joseph Elston from the Public Works Department was the Engineer-in-Chief for the Survey in 1898 ^[1].

This Metre Gauge(MG) line was opened in 1906 and extended to reach Armingoan by 1909; where it linked to EBR’s Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry; crossing the Brahmaputra River to the Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway connecting to Assam-Bengal Railway(ABR) at Gauhati.

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+[[File: Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry.png|right|600px|Gauhati Branch Railway]]
 '''Gauhati Branch Railway'''
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 [[Joseph Elston]] from the [[Public Works Department]] was the Engineer-in-Chief for the Survey in 1898 <ref name=name> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA488 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 488 (pdf page 451)] Retrieved on 18 May 2016</ref>.
-This  Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line was opened in 1906 and  extended to reach [[Armingoan]] by 1909; where it linked to EBR’s [[Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry]]; crossing the Brahmaputra River to the [[Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway]] connecting to [[Assam-Bengal Railway]](ABR) at Gauhati.
+This  Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line was opened in 1906 and  extended to reach Armingoan by 1909; where it linked to EBR’s [[Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry]]; crossing the Brahmaputra River to the [[Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway]] connecting to [[Assam-Bengal Railway]](ABR) at Gauhati.
 ==Further Information==
 See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
+<br>and '''[[Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry]]'''
 == References ==