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'''Cooch Behar State Railway''' ('''CBSR''') was a {{RailGauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} [[narrow-gauge railway]] from [[Jayanti, Alipurduar|Jayanti]] to [[Lalmonirhat]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Nripendra Narayan]], the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, established Cooch Behar State Railway in 1893–98.<ref name=cbsrly>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/cooch-behar-railway.html|title = The Cooch Behar State Railways (1903)|work= "The Cooch Behar state and its land revenue settlements" by H. N. Chaudhuri, Cooch Behar State Press, 1903 – Review by R Sivaramakrishnan | publisher= [[IRFCA]]| accessdate = 2013-02-19 }}</ref> After some deliberations and discussions with the British authorities about their plans, it was decided in 1891–92 to build a {{RailGauge|2ft6in}}-wide [[narrow gauge]] railway from the southern bank of the [[Torsa River|Torsa]] opposite Cooch Behar town to [[Gitaldaha railway station|Gitaldaha]], a station on the tracks of [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] connecting [[Dhubri railway station|Dhubri]] with [[Lalmonirhat railway station|Lalmonirhat]], now in [[Bangladesh]]. The line was constructed with the following stations: Torsa, [[Dewanhat]], Chawrahat, [[Gitaldaha railway station|Gitaldaha]] and Gitaldaha Ghat. It was opened for goods traffic from 15 September 1893 and for passenger traffic from 1 March 1894.<ref name=cbsrly/> [[Cooch Behar railway station|Cooch Behar]] town was connected after a bridge was built on the Torsa and the line was extended to [[Alipurduar Junction railway station|Alipurduar]], [[Buxa]] and [[Jayanti, Alipurduar|Jayanti]] near the India–Bhutan border. The complete line measuring 53.5 miles was opened in 1901. It was converted to {{RailGauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre gauge]] in 1910. The railway system was operated by [[Eastern Bengal Railway]].<ref name=cbsrly/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Cooch_Behar_Railway |title =Cooch Behar Railway | publisher= fibis| accessdate = 2013-02-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part III (1900-1947)|publisher=IRFCA | accessdate = 2013-02-19 }}</ref> In 1932, only two trains ran on the route – one in the morning and the other in the evening.<ref name=cbsrly/> In early 1950s, the system was amalgamated with [[Indian Railways]] as a part of North Eastern Railway (now [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Ajai|title=Zonal Reorganization of IR Since Independence|url=http://www.irfca.org/articles/zonal-reorg.html|publisher=IRFCA|accessdate=23 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Conversion to broad gauge==<br />
The line was converted to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | title = Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways | first = V.P. | last = Srivastava | accessdate = 2013-02-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330160317/http://wiki.iricen.gov.in/doku/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=11301:vps.pdf | archive-date = 30 March 2014 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:History of rail transport in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:History of Cooch Behar]]<br />
[[Category:Cooch Behar district]]<br />
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