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The line ==Route==*[[Mymensingh]] (renamed from [[Nasirabad]] in about 1911 due to confusion with town in Rajputana); with its connection to the [[Mymensingh–Bhairab Bazar Railway]] worked by the [[Assam Bengal Railway]] (ABR)*[[Jamalpur]] (59 miles/90km from Mymensingh)was finally purchased by EBRthe junction with the Bahadurabad branch, opened after 1911 which ran to Bahadurabad (25 miles/40km)*[[Jagannath]] (20 miles/32km) from Jamalpur) where it connected with a steamer station on Jamuna.
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The '''Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannathganj Jagannath Railway''' was owned by opened in 1899, the metre gauge([[Indian General Navigation and Railway CompanyRail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 56 miles(90km) linking these three towns.
The line was owned by the [[Mymensingh]]-[[Jamalpur]]-[[JagannathganjIndian General Navigation and Railway Company]] Railway but was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 56 miles(90km) linking these three towns. The line opened in 1899 and worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR).<ref>Railway Raj Safari 1a - Keith Scholey</ref>
The Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannath Railway was acquired by the State in the 1920’s and the management passed to EBR.
<ref>[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway] National Encylopedia of Banglash – Railway - paragraph 11</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
