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{{WorkThe 20 miles(32km) line, owned by a private company, was under construction in 1916 by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR),<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n60/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 52]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2017</ref> and was opened for traffic in 1918. In 1916-17 the NG rolling stock had been transferred to the Khulna–Bagerhat Railway as a result of the conversion of the [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] from NG to [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]. <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17; page 16"]; Retrieved 25 Jan 1916</ref> The railway was dismantled in the 1980s. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khulna%E2%80%93Bagerhat_Railway Wikipedia "Kulna Bagerhat Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref> ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 25 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/F/8/20/1711''' “Khulna-ProgressBagirhaut Railway, Contract for construction, maintenance and working of a railway; 1921”-Rly}} == References ==<references />
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The '''Khulna-Bagerhat Khulna–Bagirhaut Railway'''Narrow was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway; constructed operating between [[Khulna]] and [[Bagirhaut]] (now called Bagerhat, in 1918Bangladesh). Worked by EBR(qv)
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