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*'''[[Kurigram Branch Railway]]''' (Narrow gauge: 15 miles); Tista Junction to Kurigram - opened 6 February 1882. This line is a remnant of the Kaunia Dharle Railway, the most part of which was converted to metre gauge and incorporated in the main Assam line.
*'''[[Dam Dim-Bagrakote Extension Railway]]'''; an extension to BDR opened 1891-92
*'''[[Lalmonirhat-Gitaldaha(Geetaldaha) Railway]]'''; link between BDR and [[Cooch Behar Railway]]; opened c.1900
1909 Railway Map Section added and 'Branch Lines' put in chronological order
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[[File: Bengal Dooars Railway Map 1909.png|thumb|Bengal Dooars Railway Map 1909]]
The '''Bengal-Dooars Railway''' (BDR) was a company owned and operated collection of small metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines that ran from its junction with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] north west towards the [[Bhutan]] border.
== Branch Lines ==
*'''[[Kurigram Branch Railway]]''' (Narrow gauge: 15 miles); Tista Junction to Kurigram - opened 6 February 1882. This line is a remnant of the Kaunia Dharle Railway, the most part of which was converted to metre gauge and incorporated in the main Assam line.
*'''[[Dam Dim-Bagrakote Extension Railway]]'''; an extension to BDR opened 1891-92
*'''[[Ramsai Branch Railway]]''' (Metre gauge: 6 miles); Lataguri Junction to Ramsai (6 miles) - opened 11 June 1893; this served a remote tea garden at Ramsai (362 miles).
*'''[[Lalmonirhat-Gitaldaha(Geetaldaha) Railway]]'''; link between BDR and [[Cooch Behar Railway]]; opened c.1900
*'''[[Madari Hat Branch Railway]]''' (Metre gauge: 44 miles); Mal Junction to Chalsa (5 miles)- opened 1 April 1901; Chalsa to Chengmari (14 miles) - opened 1 January 1903; Chengmari to Dalgaon (16 miles) - opened 23 March 1903; Dalgaon to Madari Hat (9 miles) -opened 14 June 1903.
*'''[[Metelli Branch Railway]]''' (Metre gauge: 5 miles); Chalsa Junction to Metelli (5 miles) - opened 10 June 1918.
== Associate Lines ==
