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The '''Bengal and Assam Railway''' (BARB&AR) was formed on 1 January 1942 by the amlgamation of the [[Assam-Bengal Railway]] (ABR) with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] (EBR).
For administrative convenience, the section of the BAR west of the [[Brahmaputra]] was referred to as the ''EB Zone'' and that to the east as the ''AB Zone'', retaining the nomenclature in use before the amalgamation.
In 1947, the BAR B&AR was divided between the two new nations of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. That part remaining in India was renamed the [[Assam Railway]]; in 1952, this was merged into a new zone of Indian Railways, [[North Eastern Railway]].
The part of BAR B&AR within the area of East Pakistan was renamed the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] with ownership and control vested in the Central Government of Pakistan. In 1961, the system was further renamed [[Pakistan Eastern Railway]].
In 1972, Pakistan Eastern Railway became [[Bangladesh Railway]].
