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The '''Khulna–Bagerhat Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway operating between [[Khulna]] and [[Bagerhat]] (now in Bangladesh)
The '''Khulna–Bagirhaut  Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway operating between [[Khulna]] and [[Bagirhaut]] (now called Bagerhat, in Bangladesh)


The line was under construction in 1916 by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR),
The line was under construction in 1916 by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR),
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 52]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n60/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 52]; Retrieved 25 Jan 2016</ref> and was opened for traffic in 1918.
in service in 1918, and was dismantled in the 1980s.  
 
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>
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khulna%E2%80%93Bagerhat_Railway Wikipedia "Kulna Bagerhat Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>


The conversion of the [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] from NG to [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]] released NG rolling stock and was transferred to the Khulna–Bagerhat Railway.
==Records==
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17; page 16"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
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]]


''No further information has been found concerning this railway.''
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-Bagirhaut Railway, Contract for construction, maintenance and working of a railway; 1921”-


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:54, 25 January 2016

The Khulna–Bagirhaut Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) railway operating between Khulna and Bagirhaut (now called Bagerhat, in Bangladesh)

The line was under construction in 1916 by the Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR), [1] 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 MG. [2]

The railway was dismantled in the 1980s. [3]

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the 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 [4] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/20/1711 “Khulna-Bagirhaut Railway, Contract for construction, maintenance and working of a railway; 1921”-

References