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in 1941. The Bengal Dooars
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In 1936, the company owned 19 locomotives, 72 coaches and 473 goods wagons.
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with locations up to the foot of the
Himalayas near the border with Bhutan.
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58:
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623:
Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via
Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi)
150:"Bengal Dooars Railway | Science Museum Group Collection"
1265:
128:It was labeled as a Class II railway according to
527:Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section
1486:
567:New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line
408:
394:
284:
648:Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line
502:Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines
93:was formed in 1891 and amalgamated with the
836:New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line
401:
387:
291:
277:
161:
159:
1520:Railway companies disestablished in 1941
1510:History of rail transport in West Bengal
709:Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line
1500:Defunct railway companies of Bangladesh
871:Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line
156:
1487:
643:Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line
1515:Railway companies established in 1891
572:New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
382:
272:
689:Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line
13:
1505:Defunct railway companies of India
165:
14:
1531:
1270:Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut
883:Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
557:Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section
368:Shahdara–Saharanpur Light Railway
168:"Indian Railway History timeline"
123:
1495:Transport in Rangpur, Bangladesh
719:Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
497:Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
258:World Survey of Foreign Railways
221:World Survey of Foreign Railways
981:Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway
761:Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line
628:Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line
299:Class II railways according to
236:"Indian Railway Classification"
971:Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway
846:Sealdah Main and North section
673:Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
338:Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway
249:
228:
212:
190:
142:
1:
1443:Indian Branch Railway Company
1255:Burn Standard Company Limited
1240:Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
986:Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
811:Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line
806:Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line
714:Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line
663:Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section
633:Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section
517:Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line
353:Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway
301:Indian Railway Classification
135:
130:Indian Railway Classification
1260:Bharat Wagon and Engineering
841:Santragachi–Amta branch line
801:Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
796:Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop
704:Railways in Jharia Coalfield
542:Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line
537:Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line
459:Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line
328:Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
7:
1433:East Indian Railway Company
1106:Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
831:Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line
816:Howrah–Barddhaman main line
694:Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line
638:Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section
10:
1536:
1022:Dehri Rohtas Light Railway
866:Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line
771:Andal–Sitarampur loop line
766:Andal–Sainthia branch line
603:Barauni–Samastipur section
577:Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
512:Barsoi–New Farakka section
454:Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
449:Howrah–New Delhi main line
1461:
1425:
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1278:
1230:
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1152:
1124:
1086:
1053:
1044:
1032:Parlakimedi Light Railway
1002:Bengal Provincial Railway
994:
951:
944:
923:
895:
786:Bardhaman–Asansol section
748:
735:Khurda Road–Bolangir line
727:
681:
658:Patna–Mughalsarai section
593:Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
585:
562:Kothavalasa–Kirandul line
479:
472:
444:Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line
414:
409:Railways in Eastern India
308:
77:
65:
49:
41:
33:
23:
1245:Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
1017:Mayurbhanj State Railway
1007:East Coast State Railway
915:Kolkata Circular Railway
910:Kolkata Suburban Railway
856:Kolkata Circular Railway
851:Calcutta Chord link line
699:Dhanbad–Chandrapura line
507:Barkakana–Son Nagar line
434:Howrah–Chennai main line
1453:Martin's Light Railways
1385:near India–Nepal border
966:Bankura–Damodar Railway
598:Barauni–Katihar section
323:Bhavnagar State Railway
198:"Bengal-Dooars Railway"
109:with its junction with
1474:Suburban rail in India
1012:Kalighat Falta Railway
961:Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway
821:Howrah–Bardhaman chord
740:Cuttack–Sambalpur line
618:Mokama–Barauni section
439:Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
358:Junagadh State Railway
111:Eastern Bengal Railway
95:Eastern Bengal Railway
1438:Bengal Nagpur Railway
1250:Braithwaite & Co.
1046:Zones & Divisions
1027:Patna–Digha Ghat line
976:Burdwan–Katwa Railway
878:Sealdah South section
826:Howrah–Kharagpur line
781:Bankura–Masagram line
547:Katihar–Siliguri line
492:Asansol–Patna section
424:Barauni–Guwahati line
318:Bengal Dooars Railway
91:Bengal Dooars Railway
19:Bengal Dooars Railway
861:Sealdah–Bangaon line
791:Bardhaman–Katwa line
522:Dumka–Bhagalpur line
487:Asansol–Gaya section
473:Other lines/sections
348:Jaipur State Railway
343:Gondal State Railway
333:Dibru–Sadiya Railway
756:Ahmadpur–Katwa line
668:Raxaul–Sagauli line
608:Fatuha–Tilaiya line
552:Kharagpur–Puri line
532:Hatia–Rourkela line
313:Barsi Light Railway
20:
1172:Northeast Frontier
18:
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1481:
1426:Railway companies
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1377:
1231:Production units/
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1225:
1040:
1039:
891:
890:
776:Bandel–Katwa line
415:National network/
376:
375:
105:, connecting the
87:
86:
1527:
1383:Indian railheads
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1050:
949:
948:
931:Kolkata Monorail
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174:. Archived from
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132:System of 1926.
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1478:
1457:
1448:Indian Railways
1421:
1392:Raxaul Junction
1384:
1374:
1339:
1281:with Bangladesh
1280:
1274:
1232:
1222:
1189:
1166:
1148:
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1195:South Eastern
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905:Kolkata Metro
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176:the original
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127:
119:
101:province of
90:
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72:North Bengal
50:Headquarters
15:
1353:–Shahbajpur
1139:Khurda Road
749:West Bengal
429:Grand Chord
417:trunk lines
241:10 November
204:24 February
182:24 February
115:Lalmonirhat
67:Area served
1489:Categories
1417:Thakurganj
1313:Radhikapur
1185:Alipurduar
1126:East Coast
1111:Samastipur
480:Interstate
136:References
1397:Bairgania
1351:Mahisasan
1331:Petrapole
1304:Singhabad
1299:Chilahati
1295:Haldibari
1233:workshops
1213:Kharagpur
1134:Sambalpur
682:Jharkhand
1462:See also
1402:Jaynagar
1370:Mogalhat
1361:Burimari
1335:Benapole
1326:Darshana
1308:Rohanpur
1162:Varanasi
995:Inactive
952:Revived/
924:Monorail
896:Suburban
78:Services
54:Domohani
28:Railways
24:Industry
1407:Jogbani
1344:Defunct
1180:Katihar
1144:Waltair
1101:Dhanbad
1096:Danapur
1078:Sealdah
1063:Asansol
1055:Eastern
200:. fibis
42:Defunct
34:Founded
1288:Active
1218:Ranchi
1116:Sonpur
1068:Howrah
728:Odisha
303:System
107:Dooars
99:Bengal
1317:Biral
1073:Malda
586:Bihar
172:IRFCA
1322:Gede
1203:Adra
243:2022
206:2012
184:2012
89:The
45:1941
37:1891
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158:^
56:,
1368:–
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