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1918 Admin Report details checked/added/corrected
The '''Mymensingh–Bhairab Bazar''' Railway Company constructed this line between 1912 and 1918opened in stages in 191-18. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line was worked by the [[Assam Bengal Railway]] (ABR).
<ref name=name>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongi%E2%80%93Bhairab%E2%80%93Akhaura_line Wikipedia "Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line". Para. Bhairab Bazar–Kishoreganj–Gouripur–Mymensingh line]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 155]; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015</ref>
The line joins joined [[Mymensingh]]–Gouripur–Kishoreganj-[[Bhairab Bazar]] and covers the northern bank of the of the Brahmaputra River. The line length was 101 miles (161Km).
The Company was acquired by the government in 1948–49 and the Assam Bengal Railway Company was in charge of the management of the line. There are two lines branching out of this line – a short Shyamganj-Jaria Janjail Line and a long Gouripur-Netrokona-Mohanganj Line.
