title: Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway
text: # Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway
  
  Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway was owned by the Government of India and worked by Bengal and North Western Railway.
  
  ## History
  
  The 39-mile-long (63 km) metre gauge line from Mashrak to Thawe was opened 12 January 1931. The Mashrak-Thawe Extension Railway was merged into the Oudh and Tirhut Railway on 1 January 1943.
  
  ## Conversion to broad gauge
  
  The railway line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in 2017.
  
  