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The [[Ranaghat-Bhagwangola Railway]] opened in 1905 as a branch of the [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR).
The '''Ranaghat-Bangaon Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) link constructed in 1882–84 by the [[Bengal Central Railway]] Company(BCR)  
The name of the branch changed as the line progressed
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranaghat_railway_station Wikipedia "Ranaghat railway station"]; Retrieved 12 Feb 2016</ref>
* '''Ranaghat-Bhagwangola Railway''' in 1884. <ref>No 68 Capital Railway Expenditure in India on Railways 1882-8.  See dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/1876.../1876.068.XLS</ref>
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/nadia.html "Nadia" by J. H. E. Garrett, I.C.S., in the Bengal District Gazetteers series, Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Calcutta, 1910; pages 97-102. Reproduced by IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club''] Retrieved 12 Feb 2016</ref>
* '''Ranaghat- Murshidabad Branch''' before 1905
* '''Lagola Branch''' in 1905. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalgola_and_Gede_branch_lines] Wikipedia - Laloga Branch</ref>


The branch ran from the EBR mainline at [[Ranaghat]], via [[Bhagwangola]] and [[Murshidabad]], to the terminus at [[Lalgola Ghat]] on the River Ganges.
The BCR merged with the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]](EBR) in 1905.
<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/BejvG_1000695561/163] Bengal District Gazetteer ; Mukshidabad by L S S O’Malley, Indian Civil Service, Calcutta . Pages 150-151      </ref>
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bengal Central Railway]]''' until 1905
<br>then  '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 19:46, 4 February 2019

The Ranaghat-Bangaon Railway was a broad gauge(BG) link constructed in 1882–84 by the Bengal Central Railway Company(BCR) [1] [2]

The BCR merged with the Eastern Bengal State Railway(EBR) in 1905.

Further Information

See Bengal Central Railway until 1905
then Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked

References