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|company2= 1942
|company2details= [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]
|company3= 19441942-1945|company3details= [[SaraDibru-Sirajgonj Sadiya Railway]]|company4=1943|company4details= [[Jorhat State Railway]]|company5=1944|company5details= [[Sara-Sirajgonj Railway]]
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|headquarters=[[Calcutta]]|workshop= [[Kanchrapara]] (EB Zone)
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|system1date= 1947
|system3date= 1972
|system3details= PER renamed '''Bangladesh Railway'''
|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 898 miles (1943)|gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 2543 miles (1943)|gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= 37 miles (1943)|gauge4= 2' 0"|gauge4details= 32 miles (1943)
|auxillary forces= [[Assam Bengal Railway Battalion]]<br>[[Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion]]
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== History ==
On the expiry of the [[Assam Bengal Railway|Assam-Bengal Railway's]] contract at the end of 1941, the Government of India exercised its option and took over the ABR, merging it with the EBR to create the '''Bengal and Assam Railway'''. In a similar mannerOn 1 April 1942, on the BAR took over operational control of the [[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]] for the duration of the war (WW2). On 1 October 19441943, the GoI took over the [[Jorhat State Railway]] and on 1 October 1944, the [[Sara-Sirajgonj Railway]] and merged it , merging both in turn into the BAR. For administrative convenience, the section of the BAR west of the [[Brahmaputra]] was referred to as the ''EB Zone'' and that to the east as the ''AB Zone'', retaining the nomenclature in use before the amalgamation.
In 1947, the BAR was split up and those parts ramaining within the area of East Pakistan were renamed '''Eastern Bengal Railway''' with ownership and control vesting in the Central Government of Pakistan. In 1961, the system was further renamed '''Pakistan Eastern Railway'''.
