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'''Sylhet District tramways'''
[[File: Sylhet District Tramways.png|thumb| Sylhet District Tramways]]
A group of four tramways on the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) in the [[Sylhet]] District were surveyed in 1897-98. The Report
<ref name=Hist1906>[https://ia601006.us.archive.org/1/items/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects.pdf "Histories of (Indian) Railway Projects ...up to June 1906" pdf version page 5]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref> states:-
<br>” The following lines have been proposed in the interests of the tea industry and as feeders to the Assam-Bengal Railwayand surveys have been made on behalf of the promoters :-
* ‘Sutang to Madna’, reconnoitred in 1898 – 30 miles
* ‘Srimangal to Manumukh’, reconnoitred in 1898 – 22 miles
* ‘Kalaura via Sylhet to Chhatak’, reconnoitred in 1898 – 53 miles
* ‘Karimganj to Chandi Khira’, with branch from ‘Pathar Kandri Bazar to Magura Cherra’, reconnoitred in 1897 – 43 miles
The 1906 Report shows that only part of one of the four tramways was in progress -
* The ‘Kalaura to Sylhet Tramway’was under construction for the section from [[Kalaura]] to [[Sylhet]]; this superceeded the ‘Kalaura via Sylhet to Chhatak’ proposal <ref name=Hist1906/ref>.
<br> '' See below which shows that this line was finally built as a metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line. ''
The other proposals were not apparently under construction in 1906.
==Later Developments==
The ‘[[Sylhet Branch Railway]]’ was constructed as a metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line from [[Kalaura] to [[Sylhet]]. This railway opened in stages from 1911 and completed in 1916. The line was part of the [[Assam-Bengal Railway]](ABR) and connected to the ABR mainline at [[Kalaura]] - [[Sylhet Branch Railway| ''see separate page'' ]].
== References ==
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[[Category:Tramways]]
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