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''<br>+“Teesta” is the spelling given in the ‘Imperial Gazetteer’ 1908, the ‘Imperial Gazetteer Railway Map’ 1909 and the ‘1918 Administration Report’ and also the modern name which follows the name of the nearby River Teesta. The ‘Imperial Gazetteer’ 1908 gives the alternative “Tista” which is also the modern name''
The line was taken over by [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR) in 1887 and in 1901 the 17 mile(27km) section from [[Kaunia]] to [[Teesta]] converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) MG becoming part of the Mainline of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway#EBR Metre Gauge Division|‘EBR Metre Gauge Division’ - ''See separate page]] <ref name=Admin56/>.
The [[Teesta]] to [[Kurigram]], a length of 15 miles(24km) remained a 2ft 6in/762mm NG line at this time, this section was renamed the . [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway|‘Teesta-Kurigram Railway’ - ''See separate page'']].
==Further Information==
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
== References ==
