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Bengal Provincial Railway was a Template:RailGauge narrow-gauge railway from Tarakeswar to Magra, in Indian state of West Bengal.[1]
History
The Bengal Provincial Railway opened by Bengali engineer Annadaprasad Roy in 1895[2][3] from Tarakeswar on the East Indian Railway to Magra, which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was Template:Convert long, until extended a further Template:Convert to Tribeni in 1904.[4] The railway mostly used small Template:Whyte locomotives.[5] There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.
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Rolling stock
In 1936, the company owned three locomotives, 31 coaches and 69 goods wagons.[6]
Classification
It was labeled as a Class III railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.[7][8]
Closure
Increasing losses post World War 2 led to its closure in 1956.[9]
References
- ↑ Bengal Provincial Railway Co. vs Gopi Mohan Singh on 9 July, 1913. indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ অন্নদাপ্রসাদের ১৮৯৪ সালের প্রাইভেট রেল আজ বিস্মৃতপ্রায়. bartamanpatrika.com. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ The Great Indian Railways: A Cultural Biography{{#if:Chatterjee|, Chatterjee}. Bloomsbury Publishing(2019-01-25). ISBN 978-93-88414-23-4
- ↑ ভারতে প্রথম রেলযাত্রা সূচনার গৌরব বঙ্গদেশেরই হতে পারত. Eisamay. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern India. www.irfca.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ World Survey of Foreign Railways{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.(1936)
- ↑ Indian Railway Classification. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ↑ World Survey of Foreign Railways{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.(1936)
- ↑ Hughes, Hugh 1994 Indian Locomotives Pt. 3, Narrow Gauge 1863–1940. Continental Railway Circle.
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