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Dacca State Railway

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A metre gauge line, the The '''Dacca State Railway''' (DSR) was constructed a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 90 miles(144km) mainly for the carriage of raw jute up to the inland port of [[Narayanganj]] for forwarding and then onwards by river to [[Calcutta]]. Formerly known as '''[[Narayanganj-Dacca-Mymensingh State Railway]]'''
The first section from [[Narayanganj]] to [[Dacca]] opened in January 1885 and reached [[Mymensingh]] in August 1885. The railway was first named the '''Narayanganj-Dacca-Mymensingh State Railway''' renamed '''[[Dacca State Railway]]''' in late 1885;<ref>[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title== History ==Railway “National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh – Railways” ]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref> <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayanganj%E2%80%93Bahadurabad_Ghat_line Wikipedia “Narayanganj Bahadurabad-Ghat Line]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref>
The 90 mile long DSR At [[Mymensingh]], there was opened for traffic in 1885. In 1887, an end-on connection to ensure better managementthe privately owned [[Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannath Railway]], worked by the DSR was amalgamated with the '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]'''(EBR).
At In 1887, to ensure better management, the DSR, along with [[MymensinghNorthern Bengal State Railway]], there was an end(NBSR) and the narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) [[Kaunia-on connection Dharlia State Tram/Railway]] were amalgamated to form the privately owned '''[[Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannath Eastern Bengal Railway]], also worked by the '''(EBR).
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
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