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The '''Jorhat State (Provincial) Railway'''(JPSR) railway was a 2' 0" Narrow Gauge(surveyed as the ‘[[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NGAssam Kokilamukh Railway]]) railway which connected ’ and originally variously named the ‘Kokila Mookh Tramway’, ‘Kokila Mookh State Railway" and then the ‘[[GosaigonKokilamukh State Railway]] on ’ . <br>The construction out of the Provicial revenue of Assam was for the convenience of the numerous tea gardensin the River Brahmaputra with neighbourhood of [[Jorhat]] and two junctions on approved by the [[Assam-Bengal RailwayGovernment of India]] in 1882<br>The first section from Gosaigaon to Jorhat opened in Sept 1883 and reached Dhali River in Dec 1884, a total of 16½ miles(later 26km)<ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n257/mode/1up "Administration Report on the [[Bengal and Assam RailwayRailways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 248 pdf 256]]).; Retrieved 2 Aug 2020</ref>

The In 1885, the railway was surveyed as renamed the [[Assam Kokilamukh Railway]] and originally variously named the "Kokila Mookh Tramway", "Kokila Mookh '''Jorhat State Railway" ''' and then the [[Kokilamukh State Railway]] when the Jorhat to Dhali River section following lines opened to traffic on 9 December 1884.<refname=Admin1918/>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n256/mode/2up "Administration Report on -* 1886 ‘Mariani Branch’, 7 miles(11km) opened from Chenimara Junction to Mariani * 1887 ‘Titabar Extension’ to the Railways in India – corrected up Mainline , 1¾ miles(3km) opened from Dhali River to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Titabar* 1901 ‘Borghop Extension’ to the Mainline, 4¾ miles(8km) Printingopened from Borghop to [[Gosaigaon]]* 1911 ‘Cold Weather Line’, 2½ miles(4km) Calcutta; page 248]; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016</ref>opened from Borghop to a point further down the riverThis giving a total line length of 32½ miles(52km)

In 18851915, the railway name was renamed changed again to the '''Jorhat State Provincial Railway''' and further extensions constructed(JPSR).

In 1915The line together with the rolling stock is owned, and up to 30 Sep 1927 worked by the State <ref name was changed again =Hist1937/>. From 1 Oct 1927 the maintenance, management and working made over to the '''Jorhat Provincial [[Macneil & Co|Messrs Macneil and Co]], Agents for ‘[[Rivers Steam Navigation Ltd]]’ and [[Kilburn & Co|Messrs Kilburn & Co]], Managing Agents for , ‘[[Indian General Navigation and Railway Company]]’<ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway'''(JPSR)Department’ page 289 pdf 332]; Retrieved 2 Aug 2020</ref>.  The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937/> The Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) nationalised the railway in 1937.

==Branch Line of JPSRClassification ==*[[Mariani Branch Indian RailwayClassification]], 7 miles, opened 1885of 1926 -86Class III railway system.