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The '''Lalmonirhat-Gitaldaha (Geetaldaha) Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG ]]) line constructed by the [[Cooch Behar State Railway]](CBSR) in the Indian State of West Bengal to connect [[Gitaldaha]](also spelled Geetaldaha) to the [[Bengal Dooars Railway]](BDR) at [[Lalmonirhat]].

The line MG railway opened c.1900 and was initially worked by CBSR until c.1910 when ; they operated a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway north from its junction with the MG [[East Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) took over at [[Gitaldaha]] to [[Cooch Behar]] and on to [[Jainti]] in the working foothills of the Eastern Himalayas. In 1910 the CBSRrailway was converted to MG <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n57/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 49]; Retrieved 4 Mar 2016</ref>.

From 1910 the working of the '''Lalmonirhat-Gitaldaha (Geetaldaha) Railway''' was passed to the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) which they operated as part of their MG network together with the CBSR following its conversion to MG. With partition in 1947 the railway was severed with the closure of the Dadla River bridge and the lines terminated at [[Gitaldaha]] (also spelled Geetaldaha) in India and [[Mogalhat]] in [[Lalmonirhat]] District on the E.Pakistan/Bangladesh side. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogalhat_railway_station Wikipedia "Mogalhat Railway Station"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 20154 Mar 2016</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitaldaha_railway_station Wikipedia "Gitaldaha Railway Station"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 20154 Mar 20165</ref>

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