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Chaparmukh Silghat Railway

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The '''Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway''' was a privately constructed and financed broad metre gauge([[Rail_gaugeRail_gauge_#Broad_GaugeMetre_Gauge|BGMG]]) branch line, railway worked by [[Assam-Bengal Railway]](ABR). The line between [[Chaparmukh]] and [[Silghat]] , a distance of 50 51 miles(80km82km) was sanctioned for construction in October 1915.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n164/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 156]; Retrieved 17 Dec 20151 Feb 2016</ref>
The line was in use by 1919and used to connect the tea gardens in Nagaon to the ABR main line.
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