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===Later ExtensionsABR Branches===The following extensions Branches were in place by 1918 constructed <ref name=Admin1918Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 3 pdf 20]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2020</ref>:-*‘[[Noakhali Branch Railway]]’, 30 miles(48km), opened 1903 from [[LakshamLaksam]] to [[Noakhali]], * ‘[[Chadnpur Branch Railway]]’, 32 miles(km), opened 1895 from [[Laksam]] to Chandpur* ‘[[Tangi Branch Railway]]’, 61 miles(98km), opened 1910-16 in stages:-** ‘[[Bhairab Bazar Branch Railway]]’, 19 miles(30km), opened 1910), from [[Akhaura]] to Ashuganj on the banks of the Meghna opposite the village of Bhairab Bazar , the commercial centre of the District and site of a cattle market.*[[Tangi Branch Railway]], an extension to * ‘Tangi Extension’ via the above via wagon ferry at Assuganj on the [[Bhairab Wagon Ferry]] Magna River to connected through to Tangi, 1916, 61 miles(98km), from [[Akhaura]] to meet with the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] near [[Dacca]]..*‘[[Sylhet Branch Railway]]’, 31 miles(50km), under construction 1911, opened to Fenchuganj Ghat 1912, and to [[Sylhet]] with opening of Kusiyara Bridge, 1916.*‘Silchar Branch Railway’, 19 miles(km), opened 1898 from Badarpur to Silchar* ‘Gauhati Branch Railway’, 117 miles(km), from Pandu to Lumding. The 5 mile(8km) ‘Pandu to Gauhati Section’ opened 1910 by [[East Bengal Railway]] and transferred to ABR 1922. The ‘Gauti to Lumding Section’, 112 miles(180km) opened 1897-1900* ‘[[Dikhow Extension Railway]]’, 6.7 miles(10.7km), opened 1913 from Sibsagar Road to [[Bihubar]], opened 1913*‘[[Naginimara Branch Railway]]’, 2.3 miles(3.7km), a further extension to the [[Dikhow Extension Railway]] above, opened 1917 from [[Bihubar]] to Naginimara* ‘Khowang Branch’, 39 miles(63km), opened 1927 from Simaluguri to Kowong* ‘Karimganj-Longai Valley Branch’, 40 miles(64km), opened 1928-29 from Karimganj to Kalkali Ghat and Baraigram to Dullabehera.* ‘Shaistaganj-Habiganj Branch’, 8½ miles(14km), opened 1928 from Shaistaganj to Habiganj* ‘Netralona-Mohanganj Branch’, 17½ miles(28km), opened 1929 from Netralona to Mohanganj* ‘Chittagong-Nazirhat Branch’, 23 miles(37km), opened 19171929-30 from Chittagong to Nazirhat* ‘Feni-Belonia Branch’, 17 miles(27km), opened 1929 from Feni to Belonia* ‘Shaislogonj-Balla Branch’, 17 miles(27km), opened 1929 from Shaislogonj to Balla* ‘Senchoa-Mairabari Branch’, 30 miles(48km), opened 1930 from Senchoa to Mairabari* ‘Sholashahar(Cchittagong) Dohazari Branch, 25 miles(40km), opened 1931 from Sholashahar(Ccittagong) to Dohazari

==ABR System 1937==The ‘Statistics of Working’ refer to the ABR System show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 with a total System line length of 1306 miles(2102km) and comprising the following railways<ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 3 pdf 20]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2020</ref>:-<blockquote>{| |'''[[Assam-Bengal Railway]]'''|| metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])|| align="right"|1131 ||miles||(1820km)|-|'''[[Chaparmukh Silghat Railway]]'''|| metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])|| align="right"|51 ||miles||(82km)|-|'''[[Katakhal Lalbazar Railway]]'''|| metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])|| align="right"|23½ ||miles||(48km)|-|'''[[Mymensingh-Bhairab Bazar Railway]]|| metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])|| align="right"|100½ ||miles||(162km)|-|}</blockquote> == Classification ==[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 – Class 1 railway system. ==The end of ABR===