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[[File:Mcleod's Light Railways 1931 Map.png|thumb| McLeod’s Light Railways]]The '''Jessore-Jhenidah Railway''' (JJR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that opened in 1913 linking [[Jessore]] to [[Jhenidah]], a line length of 29 miles (46km). The [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway| Kotchandpur Branch]] opened at the same time and gave a total line length of 36 miles (57km). Owned and worked by the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway Company, a private company supported by the District Board of Jessore <refName=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n238/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 230]; Retrieved 28 Feb 2016</ref>.<blockquote>Marked '''5''' on Map.</blockquote>The ''' [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway]]''' from Kaliganj (now known as Shibnagore) to Kotchandpur opened at the same time and gave a total line length of 36 miles (57km) <ref Name=Admin/><blockquote>Marked '''6''' on Map.</blockquote>

The railway developed was owned and worked by the ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’, a reputation for being poorly managedprivate company first registered in 1911, an official report supported by the District Board of Jessore, which was founded in 1915 states that staff could not nominate one person as their manager1913 <ref name=name> [https:British Library India Office Records L/F/en.wikipedia.org8/wiki17/Jessore-Jhenidah_Light_Railway Wikipedia "Jessore-1334 “Jessore Jhenidah Light Railway"]Company Limited, Indenture; Retrieved 28 Feb 20161913” </ref>.

It is possible, but not proven, Maintenance under the original management was poor and In 1914 an inspector reported that “the general appearance of the track was like that of the waves of a troubled sea”. Again in 1915 “There was no person present vested with responsibility for the management of the Jessoreline, nor was the staff able to name any person, present or absent, as their Manager”. <ref name=hughes>“Indian Locomotives Part 3 – Narrow Gauge 1863-Jhenidah Railway was later being undertaken 1940” by [[McLeod's Hugh Hughes No. 28 McLeods Light Railways]] (McLR)- page 56-59</ref> <refname=name>[httphttps://wwwen.irfcawikipedia.org/faqwiki/faqJessore-Jhenidah_Light_Railway Wikipedia "Jessore-history3.html “Indian Railways History 1913” IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club''Jhenidah Light Railway"]; Retrieved 28 Feb 2016</ref>. ''It has not been possible to confirm this information. An examination of the 1930 Contract with the Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, see Records L/F/8/20/1761, may throw light on the operation of this railway.''

The Jessore-Jhenidah Railway In August 1915 the management taken over by [[McLeod & Co|McLeod & Company]] through to 1924. During this period the railway was dismantled in 1969operated as part of the '''[[McLeod's Light Railways]]''' <ref name=namehughes/>.

==Records==Refer The ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’ went into liquidation, and all interests and rights and privileges including all assets were transferred to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources the ‘Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Ltd’ on 24 September 1924. The Secretary of State for Indian RailwaysIndia confirmed that the new company was granted all such rights and concessions and have free use of the public road between Jessore and Jhenidah and Kalinganji and Kotchandupr, 1845-1947” - available from not exceeding a width of eight feet on either side for the [http:purpose of laying and working and using said railway <ref> British Library India Office Records L/F/www.fibis.org8/store20/fibis-books-1761 “Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, Contract for the management, maintenance andworking of the Jessore-publicationsJhenidah Railway; 1930” </bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]ref>. 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]]

An on== Classification ==[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 -Class III railway system. ==Later Development==The “Statistics of Working” show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1931-32 and states that ‘the line search was closed from 1 April 1933’ and ‘to all kinds of traffic from 1 May 1936.’ It also records ten years of losses, bare breakeven for the other years and thhe suspension of the subsidy by the IOR records relating to this railwayDistrict Board from 1921 onwards <refname=Hist1937>[httphttps://searcharchivesia801605.blus.ukarchive.org/primo_library30/libwebitems/actionin.ernet.dli.2015.36650/search2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and Manuscripts Catalogue” in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page - Search287 pdf 330]; Retrieved 24 Jan 20161 Aug 2020</ref>. gives the following: The ‘Jessore-Jhenidah Railway ‘was dismantled in 1969<ref name=name/> *==Further Information== [[McLeod's Light Railways|''L/F/8/17/1334 See separate page''' “Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company Limited, Indenture; 1913”*''McLeod’s Light Railways'L/F/8/20/1761 ''' “Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, Contract for the management, maintenance and working of the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway; 1930”]]