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The '''Dacca State Railway''' (DSR) was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line of 90 miles(144km) mainly for carriage of raw jute up to the inland port of [[Narayanganj]] and then onwards by river to [[Calcutta]].
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=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>
