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Bengal Provincial Railway

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Bengal Provincial Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 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 32 miles (51 km) long, until extended a further 2 miles (3.2 km) to Tribeni in 1904.^[4] The railway mostly used small 2-4-0 T locomotives.^[5] There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.

Bengal Provincial Railway

				km
Bandel–Katwa line
				50	Tribeni (BG)
				50	Tribeni (NG)
				46	Magra Ganj
					to Barddhaman
				47	Magra Junction
					Kunti river
					to Sheoraphuli
				42	Sultangacha
				39	Halusai
				36	Mahanad
				32	Dwarbasini
				29	Goal Amra
				27	Melki
				25	Bhastara
				23	Majinan
				19	Rudrani
					Howrah–Barddhaman chord line
				15	Dhaniakhali
				13	Shamashpoor
				12	Kani Nadi
				23	Jamaplurganj
				21	Sure Khalna
				19	Chakdighi
				16	Sri Krishnapur

				9	Dasghara Junction
				6	Gopinagar
				0	Tarakeswar (NG)
				0	Tarakeswar (BG)
					Sheoraphuli-Tarakeswar line
					to Magra

					Sheoraphuli
					Howrah–Barddhaman main line
				km

Rolling stock

2-4-0 T locomotive No 5 of Bengal Provincial Railway, 1905

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 11 March 2024.
^ "অন্নদাপ্রসাদের ১৮৯৪ সালের প্রাইভেট রেল আজ বিস্মৃতপ্রায়". bartamanpatrika.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
^ Chatterjee, Arup K. (25 January 2019). The Great Indian Railways: A Cultural Biography. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-93-88414-23-4.
^ "ভারতে প্রথম রেলযাত্রা সূচনার গৌরব বঙ্গদেশেরই হতে পারত". Eisamay (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
^ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern India". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 224.
^ "Indian Railway Classification". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 223–226d.
^ Hughes, Hugh 1994 Indian Locomotives Pt. 3, Narrow Gauge 1863–1940. Continental Railway Circle.

Class III railways according to Indian Railway Classification System

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

See also

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