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Map and info added from Steve Moore
'''Hansara Tea Tramway System'''
[[File:Hansara Tea Tramway System.png|thumb|Hansara Tea Tramway System]]'Hansara Tea Tramway System' in the Tinsukia District of [[Assam]] at Hansara is the name we have selected that is identified from the maps of the area <ref name =AS82AS89, page 103>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry AS82 page ....</ref> which provides the following information:-
The tramway system, with a length of about 8 miles(13km), of unknown gauge, ran from the [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]] station at Hansara and had two branches:-
*Branch 2
**'Samdang Tea Garden', owner 'Unknown'
**'Mesai Tea GarrdenGarden', owner 'Unknown'
''The owner(s) of these three tea gardens we have described as 'Unknown 3 in the Table '''
Note: Raidang and Samdang are still in existence (2019) while Mesai has been taken over by one or the other.
=Further Information==
