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|route= [[Bangaon]] to [[Khulna]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 125 miles (1895)
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|timeline1date= 1881
|timeline1details= Formed as assisted company without guarantee
|timeline2date= 1882-1884
|timeline2details= Opened to traffic
|timeline3date= 1886?
|timeline3details= Taken into State ownership
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|timeline5date= 1904
|timeline5details= Merged into [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Jessore]]
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The '''Bengal Central Railway''' (BCR) was an un-guaranteed company formed in 1881 to build and operate a broad gauge railway from Bongaon via Jessore to Khulna.
The '''Bengal Central Railway''' (BCR) was an un-guaranteed company formed in 1881 to build and operate a broad gauge railway from [[Bangaon]] via [[Jessore]] to [[Khulna]].




== Characteristics ==
== History ==


The BCR opened between 1882 and 1884. It was merged with the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]] in 1904.
The BCR opened between 1882 and 1884. It was merged with the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]] in 1904.
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]

Revision as of 00:13, 15 December 2008

Bengal Central Railway
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Line of route
Bangaon to Khulna
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 125 miles (1895)
Timeline
1881 Formed as assisted company without guarantee
1882-1884 Opened to traffic
1886? Taken into State ownership
1904 Merged into Eastern Bengal Railway
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Jessore
System agency
How to interpret this infobox

The Bengal Central Railway (BCR) was an un-guaranteed company formed in 1881 to build and operate a broad gauge railway from Bangaon via Jessore to Khulna.


History

The BCR opened between 1882 and 1884. It was merged with the Eastern Bengal State Railway in 1904.


Records

The following is held in the India Office Records at the British Library but has not been included in the index, Z/L/AG/46.

  • L/AG/46/4/11 : List of employees (1886-1896).


External links

Banglapedia article on "Railways"

Bangladesh Railway, "Brief History"