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The '''Bankura-Damoodar River Railway''' (BDRR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line. The Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company was owned, built and operated as part of [[McLeod's Light Railways]](McLR), opening to traffic on 15 December 1916.
The '''Bankura-Damoodar River Railway''' (BDRR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, 60 miles(96km). The Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company was owned, built and operated as part of [[McLeod's Light Railways]](McLR), opening to traffic on 15 December 1916.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n219/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 211]; Retrieved 29 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n219/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 211]; Retrieved 29 Jan 2016</ref>


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*'''L/F/8/19/1442 ''' “Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction"
*'''L/F/8/19/1442 ''' “Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction"


Also the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are listed and may provide information concerning this railway:- 
==Further Information==
*'''L/F/8/1-20'''  "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
See '''[[McLeod's Light Railways]]'''
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''': "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK;  1855-1946"


== References ==
== References ==