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(Note : The EBR became the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]], owned and managed by the Government of India (GoI), on 30 June 1884).
The following An on-line search of the IOR records are reported relating to be relevantthis railway<ref>[http://wwwsearcharchives.bl.uk/reshelpprimo_library/findhelpregionlibweb/asiaaction/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/railwayemployment/railwaysearch.html IOR Railway Employment Recordsdo?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search "]; Retrieved 16 20 Jan 2016</ref> ''(but not checked)''gives 27 references. The most important being:- *'''L/FAG/846/1-204''' : "Appointments to State Railways made in “Records of the UK 1855Bengal Central Railway Company; 1856-1946". 1906”*'''Z/L/FAG/846/1-224''' : "Index “Records of the India Office relating to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855Bengal Central Railway Company; 1903-1946".1916” ==Personnel Records==*'''L/AG/46/4List of Employees'''The following record is applicable*'''L/AG/46/4/11''' "List of employees" (1886-1896)”. ''Research comment - not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.'' '''Miscellaneous Records'''*[[Willoughby Charles Furnivall]] was 'on loan' from [[Railway Branch - PWD]] during the period 1874-90 in charge of a number of locally administered State railways, which included the BCR <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.222 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles"]; Retrieved on 21 Jul 2016</ref>. '''Following merger with EBR in 1904/5''' this railway became a State Railway; a search of the following may yield a result *'''L/AGF/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946" *'''Z/L/F/468/241-2'''Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
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<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-u45CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT92&lpg=PT92&dq=Bengal+Central+Railway&source=bl&ots=_g7fsMtoW4&sig=tubQHwdNG9zS51eQVpOBCafTHYM&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYtf2g8_jJAhWEgA8KHVT7AO4Q6AEIVzAI#v=onepage&q=Bengal%20Central%20Railway&f=false "Financing India's Imperial Railways, 1875–1914" by Stuart Sweeney]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref>
== History ==
[[Dum Dum]] to [[Khulna]] via [[Bangoan]] , 108 miles(172km) opened in stages and completed in 1884.
In 1904/5, to ensure better management, the BCR merged into the [[Eastern Bengal State Railway]] (EBR) that had been formed in 1884 by the GoI and expanded in 1887 from the amalgamation of other lines working in the region.
The former BCR lines became the basis of the Kulna Branch Railway of the EBR network.
<ref>Railway Raj Safari 1a by Keith Scholey</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]]
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangaon_railway_station "Bangaon Railway Station"] Wikipedia
==Further Information==
See [[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]
== References ==
