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The '''Katakhal-Lala Bazar Railway''' Co. Ltd. was a Public Company incorporated on 23 December 1915. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 28 miles (45km) was approroved in 1916 sanctioned for construction by the [[Assam-Bengal Railway]](ABR)in 1916<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n164/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 156]; Retrieved 18 Dec 201525 Jan 2016</ref>

<ref> Report “Report on the Administration of North East India 1921-1922 1922”, Chapter iv, page 112122Reprinted by Google Books, 2003. Mittal Publications,Delhi </ref>

No information has been found concerning the The date of opening or the operation of the railway until 1952 where it states that is unknown. In 1923 the Katakhal[[Assam-Lala Bazar Bengal Railway was being ‘worked ]](ABR) were contracted by the Assam Railway'.The Assam Railway was formed on partition in 1947 from the breakup Government of the India([[Bengal and Assam RailwayGovernment of India |GoI]](B&AR) for the ‘working, maintenance and management' of the Katakhal-Lalabazar Railway.<ref name=name/>

The B&AR In 1952 the Katakhal-Lala Bazar Railway was created in 1942 from being ‘worked by the '''[[Assam-Bengal Railway]]'''(ABR).

The Assam Railway was formed on partition in 1947 on the breakup of the [[Bengal and Assam Railway]](B&AR); which had been created in 1942 from the ABR So it seems probable that the '''Katakhal-Lala Bazar Railway''' had been worked by ABR during from opening until 1942; then by its successor B&AR until partition. ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the period[http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref name=name> [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 25 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/ F/8/20/1696''' “Assam-Bengal Railway Company Limited, Contract for the working, maintenance and management of the Katakhal-Lalabazar Railway; 1923”