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1937 Report Added, Classification added and minor text changes
|route= [[Barasat]] to [[Basirhat]]
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
|gauge1details= 26 miles (1905)<br>52 miles (19431914)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
*37. No train shall run between sunset and sunrise without consent of the Local Government approved in writing.
The 1937 Report ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37. The Report also confirms that ‘[[Martin & Company]]’ were the Managing Agents<ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 263 pdf 305]; Retrieved 26 Jul 2020</ref>. The records show that at some point, ''date unknown , but must be after 1937'', the ownership of this railway changed to N I Roy and Sons Ltd <ref>'Light Railways in West Bengal' by Sidikuro,'The Economic Weekly' 30 May 1953, Table IV page 622</ref>
The line was taken over by [[Indian Railways]] in 1952 but closed in 1955. In 1962, part of the old track was converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways#Barasat.E2.80.93Basirhat_Light_Railway Wikipedia “Baraset-Basirhat Light Railway” ]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2017</ref>
==Locomotives and Rolling Stock==
The 2ft 6in/762mm [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Locomotives are listed by Hughes with a total of nine of different types and specifications dating from 1904 through to 1925. Five are named as ‘Baraset’, ‘Basirhat’, ‘Alipore’, ‘Beliaghatta’ and ‘ Taki’. Also a Railcar dated 1938<ref name=Hughes>“Indian Narrow Gauge Locomotives 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes, published by ‘The Continental Railway Circle’ Section 26 Martin’s Light Railways, (D) Baraset-Basirhat Light Railway, page 50 </ref>
==Further Information==
