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Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via
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88:already existed but plans never materialised.
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197:"Railways to make fresh entry into Meghalaya"
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84:was in plan from where railway link to
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177:. Gauhati: Publication Board, Assam.
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232:"Meghalaya fell off Rly map in 1897"
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1392:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India
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778:Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
452:Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section
614:Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
392:Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
150:The railways in Assam, 1885-1947
876:Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway
656:Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line
523:Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line
866:Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway
741:Sealdah Main and North section
568:Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
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1150:Burn Standard Company Limited
1135:Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
881:Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
706:Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line
701:Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line
609:Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line
558:Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section
528:Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section
412:Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line
1155:Bharat Wagon and Engineering
736:Santragachi–Amta branch line
696:Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
691:Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop
599:Railways in Jharia Coalfield
437:Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line
432:Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line
354:Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line
1402:Rail transport in Meghalaya
1328:East Indian Railway Company
1001:Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
726:Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line
711:Howrah–Barddhaman main line
589:Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line
533:Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section
259:Sessional Papers: Volume 73
173:Shyam Bhadra Medhi (1978).
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761:Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line
666:Andal–Sitarampur loop line
661:Andal–Sainthia branch line
498:Barauni–Samastipur section
472:Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
407:Barsoi–New Farakka section
349:Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
344:Howrah–New Delhi main line
152:. Varanasi: Pilgrims Pub.
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897:Bengal Provincial Railway
681:Bardhaman–Asansol section
630:Khurda Road–Bolangir line
553:Patna–Mughalsarai section
488:Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
457:Kothavalasa–Kirandul line
339:Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line
304:Railways in Eastern India
42:, capital of province to
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912:Mayurbhanj State Railway
902:East Coast State Railway
810:Kolkata Circular Railway
805:Kolkata Suburban Railway
751:Kolkata Circular Railway
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594:Dhanbad–Chandrapura line
402:Barkakana–Son Nagar line
329:Howrah–Chennai main line
98:Assam earthquake of 1897
64:and Companyganj, now in
49:2 ft 6 in
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1280:near India–Nepal border
861:Bankura–Damodar Railway
493:Barauni–Katihar section
1369:Suburban rail in India
907:Kalighat Falta Railway
856:Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway
716:Howrah–Bardhaman chord
635:Cuttack–Sambalpur line
513:Mokama–Barauni section
334:Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line
148:Hilaly, Sarah (2007).
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1333:Bengal Nagpur Railway
1145:Braithwaite & Co.
941:Zones & Divisions
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871:Burdwan–Katwa Railway
773:Sealdah South section
721:Howrah–Kharagpur line
676:Bankura–Masagram line
442:Katihar–Siliguri line
387:Asansol–Patna section
319:Barauni–Guwahati line
756:Sealdah–Bangaon line
686:Bardhaman–Katwa line
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382:Asansol–Gaya section
368:Other lines/sections
651:Ahmadpur–Katwa line
563:Raxaul–Sagauli line
503:Fatuha–Tilaiya line
447:Kharagpur–Puri line
427:Hatia–Rourkela line
207:on 24 November 2012
1067:Northeast Frontier
236:The Indian Express
127:The Economic Times
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644:West Bengal
324:Grand Chord
312:trunk lines
54:762 mm
1386:Categories
1312:Thakurganj
1208:Radhikapur
1080:Alipurduar
1021:East Coast
1006:Samastipur
375:Interstate
104:References
70:Bangladesh
1292:Bairgania
1246:Mahisasan
1226:Petrapole
1199:Singhabad
1194:Chilahati
1190:Haldibari
1128:workshops
1108:Kharagpur
1029:Sambalpur
577:Jharkhand
133:15 August
62:Meghalaya
1357:See also
1297:Jaynagar
1265:Mogalhat
1256:Burimari
1230:Benapole
1221:Darshana
1203:Rohanpur
1057:Varanasi
890:Inactive
847:Revived/
819:Monorail
791:Suburban
242:4 August
211:4 August
183:81903856
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82:Goalundo
44:Calcutta
40:Shillong
1302:Jogbani
1239:Defunct
1075:Katihar
1039:Waltair
996:Dhanbad
991:Danapur
973:Sealdah
958:Asansol
950:Eastern
92:Closure
34:History
1183:Active
1113:Ranchi
1011:Sonpur
963:Howrah
623:Odisha
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1212:Biral
968:Malda
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