Difference between revisions of "Ranagat-Bangaon Railway"

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The Ranaghat-Bangaon Railway was a 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 1904.

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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 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 13 Dec 2015</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 IRFCA "Nadia" by J. H. E. Garrett, I.C.S., in the Bengal District Gazetteers series, Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Calcutta, 1910]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
-* '''Ranaghat- Murshidabad Branch''' before 1905
-* '''Lagola Branch''' in 1905. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalgola_and_Gede_branch_lines Wikipedia "Laloga Branch"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</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 1904.
-<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"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
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