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[[File:Kaunia-Dharlia State Railway v2.png|thumb| Teesta-Kurigram Railway]]The '''Teesta-Kurigram Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, opened in 1882 and formed the eastern-most part of the '''[[Kaunia-Kurigram Railway]]'''+ from [[Teesta]]+ and then to [[Kurigram]]. [[Kaunia-Kurigram Railway|''- see this separate page for more information of this entire line'']]

*''<br>+“[[Kaunia ‘Kaunia-Kurigram Railway]]” Dharlia State Tram/Railway’ is also described in some records as the “Kaunia‘Kaunia-Dharlia State Tram/Railway” Kurigram Railway] as it linked Kaunia to {[[KauniaKurigram]] and on to the Dharlia River where [[Kurigram]] is located'' *''<br>+“Teesta” ‘Teesta” is the spelling given in the ‘Imperial Gazetteer’ 1908, the ‘Imperial Gazetteer Railway Map’ 1909 and the ‘1918 Administration Report’ and also the modern name which follows the name of the nearby River Teesta. The ‘Imperial Gazetteer’ 1908 gives the alternative “Tista” which is also the modern name''

The line was over by [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR) in 1887 and in 1901 the 17 mile(27km) section from [[Kaunia]] to [[Teesta]] converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) becoming part of the ‘EBR Mainline MG’ network <ref name=Admin56>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n56mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 47 (pdf56)]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2017</ref>. The [[Teesta]] to [[Kurigram]], a length of 15 miles(24km) remained a 2ft 6in/762mm NG line at this time

1916-17 the conversion of the 'Teesta-Kurigram Railway' section from [[Teesta]] to [[Kurigram]] from NG to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) was sanctioned by Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) under the agency of the [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR). The NG rolling stock thus released was to be transferred to the [[Khulna-Bagerhat Railway]]