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Kalighat-Falta Railway
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Line of route
Gholeshapur to Majherhat
Gauge / mileage
2' 6" NG 28 miles (estimate)
Timeline
1917 Opened to traffic
1920 Falta to Majherhat opened
1955-1957 Line closed
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Gholeshapur, Falta, Majherhat
System agency
1917 McLeod's Light Railways
How to interpret this infobox

The Kalighat-Falta Railway (KFR) was a narrow gauge line, built and operated as part of McLeod's Light Railways, opening to traffic on 28 May 1917.

Sometime between 1955 and 1957, the KFR was closed and the track abandoned. The trackbed has since been used in the construction of a new road.

A surviving member of a small class of 2-6-2T locomotives, built by W G Bagnall at Stafford, England, designated AK16, was acquired by the Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Trust and is now in storage in the UK awaiting restoration.