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The '''South Behar Railway''' Company was formed in 1895. The Line ran south west from [[Luckeeserai]] in Monghyr District to [[Gaya]], a distance of some 79 miles(126km)<ref name=name/>. The railway was privately owned by the South Behar Railway Company and was leased to the State to be worked as part of the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) network. The railway was taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1906but continued to be operated by the EIR < ref name=Admin/>.[
'Further Information' added with internal links and 1918 Admin Ref added
The '''South Behar Railway''' Company was formed in 1895. The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])
line ran south west from [[Luckeeserai]] in Monghyr District to [[Gaya]], a distance of some 79 miles(126km)<ref name=name/>. The line opened in two stages in 1900 and completed in 1901 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n71/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 62 (pdf71) ]; Retrieved 14 June 2020</ref>.
==Records==
gives several references. The most important being:-
*'''L/AG/46/37 ''' “Records of the India Office relating to the South Behar Railway Company; 1895-1906” with Catalogue remark ‘Company formed in 1895. Line ran south west from Luckeeserai in Monghyr District to Gaya, a distance of some 79 miles. Run by the East Indian Railway Company. Taken over by Government in 1906’.
==Further Information==
See '''[[East Indian Railway]](EIR) '''
<br>and '''[[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#BG_Lines_absorbed_into_EIR|EIR BG Lines absorbed into EIR]]'''
== References ==
