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{{System_Railways_Infobox
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|timeline1date= 1915
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|timeline1details= First line opened
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|timeline5date= 1967
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|timeline5details= Last line nationalised
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|company1= 1915
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|company1details= [[Burdwan-Katwa Railway]](BKR)
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|company2= 1916
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|company2details= [[Bankura-Damoodar River Railway]](BDRR)
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|company3= 1917
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|company3details= [[Kalighat-Falta Railway]](KFR)
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|company4= 1917
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|company4details= [[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway]][AKR)
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|headquarters= [[Calcutta]]
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|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
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|gauge1details= 150 miles (241km)
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'''McLeod's Light Railways'''
  
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'''[[McLeod & Co|McLeod & Company]]''' was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, '''McLeod Russell & Co. Ltd'''.
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<br>The Company was formed to build and operate four 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])
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narrow gauge railways in and around Calcutta. Each railway was created as a separate Company.
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<br>All these railways had a 3½% return guaranteed by the Government <ref>“Indian Locomotives Part 3 – Narrow Gauge 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes No. 28 McLeods Light Railways - page 56-59</ref>
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The lines continued to operate independently after the Independence in 1947, the last being transferred to Indian Railways in 1967.
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They also managed the ‘[[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]]’ from 1915-24
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[[File:Mcleod's Light Railways 5.png|thumb| McLeod’s Light Railways]]
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==Lines operated and worked by McLeod's Light Railways==
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*'''[[Burdwan-Katwa Railway]]'''(BKR), 2’ 6” NG, 33 miles(54km), constructed by ‘Burdwan-Katwa Railway Company’, opened 1915<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n229/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  pages 211-212 (pdf229-230)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>.  The line ran from [[Burdwan]], on the [[Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line|EIR Mainline]] to [[Katwa]], where it linked to the AKR - ''see below'' and where there was an interchange with the [[East Indian Railway]] [[Sahibganj Loop EIR Line|EIR Loopline]].
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<blockquote>Marked '''1''' on Map. [[Burdwan-Katwa Railway|''See separate BKR page'']].</blockquote>
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*'''[[Bankura-Damoodar River Railway]]'''(BDRR), 2’ 6” NG, 60 miles(96km), constructed by ‘Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company’, opened 1916-17<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n219/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 211 (pdf219)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The line ran eastward from [[Bankura]] on the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] to Raynagar (near to the Damoodar River).
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<blockquote>Marked '''2''' on Map. [[Bankura-Damoodar River Railway|''See separate BDRR page'']].</blockquote>
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*'''[[Kalighat-Falta  Railway]]'''(KFR), 2’ 63 NG, 25 miles(40km), constructed by ‘Kalighat-Falta Railway Company’, opened 1917<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n240/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 232 (pdf240)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The line, to the south of [[Calcutta]], from Kalighat , in the southern suburbs of Calcutta, to [[Falta]]  on the bank of the Hooghly River.
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<blockquote>Marked '''3''' on Map. [[Kalighat-Falta  Railway |''See separate KFR page'']].</blockquote>
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*'''[[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway]]'''(AKR), 2’ 6” NG, 32 miles(51km), constructed by ‘Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway Company’, opened 1917<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n213/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 205 (pdf213)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The line ran from [[Ahmadpur]] on the [[First Chord EIR Line|EIR First Chord]] to [[Katwa]], where in linked to the BKR - ''see above'' and where there was an interchange with the [[Sahibganj Loop EIR Line|EIR Loopline]].
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<blockquote>Marked '''4''' on Map. [[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway |''See separate AKR page for further details'']].</blockquote>
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==Other Railways taken over by McLeod's Light Railways ==
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*'''[[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]]'''(JJR) 2’ 0” NG, 36 miles(57km), opened 1913-14. Owned and worked by Private Co., together with [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway]]  <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n238/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 230)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The management taken over by 'McLeod and Company', August 1915 through to 1924. The railway connected [[Jessore]], a station of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]-‘EBR Central Section’, to [[Jhenidah]]  on the Nabaganga River.
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<blockquote>Marked '''5''' on Map. [[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway |''See separate JJR page'']].</blockquote>
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== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
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[[Category:Private Railways]]
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[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
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[[Category:Managing Agencies]]

Revision as of 19:14, 8 May 2020

PEA-2292/My sandbox
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System timeline
1915 First line opened
1967 Last line nationalised
Constituent companies / lines
1915 Burdwan-Katwa Railway(BKR)
1916 Bankura-Damoodar River Railway(BDRR)
1917 Kalighat-Falta Railway(KFR)
1917 Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway[AKR)
Key locations
Headquarters Calcutta
Workshops
Major Stations
Successor system / organisation
Some lines taken over by Indian Railways
System mileage
2' 6" NG 150 miles (241km)
2’0” NG 36 miles 1915-24 Jessore-Jhenidah Railway(JJR)
Associated auxiliary force
How to interpret this infobox

McLeod's Light Railways

McLeod & Company was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, McLeod Russell & Co. Ltd.
The Company was formed to build and operate four 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) narrow gauge railways in and around Calcutta. Each railway was created as a separate Company.
All these railways had a 3½% return guaranteed by the Government [1]

The lines continued to operate independently after the Independence in 1947, the last being transferred to Indian Railways in 1967.

They also managed the ‘Jessore-Jhenidah Railway’ from 1915-24

McLeod’s Light Railways

Lines operated and worked by McLeod's Light Railways


Marked 1 on Map. See separate BKR page.

Marked 2 on Map. See separate BDRR page.

  • Kalighat-Falta Railway(KFR), 2’ 63 NG, 25 miles(40km), constructed by ‘Kalighat-Falta Railway Company’, opened 1917[4]. The line, to the south of Calcutta, from Kalighat , in the southern suburbs of Calcutta, to Falta on the bank of the Hooghly River.

Marked 3 on Map. See separate KFR page.

Marked 4 on Map. See separate AKR page for further details.

Other Railways taken over by McLeod's Light Railways


Marked 5 on Map. See separate JJR page.


References

  1. ↑ “Indian Locomotives Part 3 – Narrow Gauge 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes No. 28 McLeods Light Railways - page 56-59
  2. ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 211-212 (pdf229-230); Retrieved 24 Nov 2016
  3. ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 211 (pdf219); Retrieved 24 Nov 2016
  4. ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 232 (pdf240); Retrieved 24 Nov 2016
  5. ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 205 (pdf213); Retrieved 24 Nov 2016
  6. ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 230); Retrieved 24 Nov 2016
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