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1937 Admin info, ‘Classification’ and ‘Later Deveklopment ‘ added
[[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]] from Kaliganj (now known as Shibnagore) to Kotchandpur opened at the same time and gave a total line length of 36 miles (57km) <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 railway was owned ''' [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway]]''' from Kaliganj (now known as Shibnagore) to Kotchandpur opened at the same time and worked by the ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’, gave a private company supported by the District Board total line length of Jessore, which was founded in 1913 36 miles (57km) <refName=Admin/> British Library India Office Records L/F/8/17/1334 “Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company Limited, Indenture; 1913” <blockquote>Marked '''6''' on Map.</refblockquote>
The railway developed was owned and worked by the ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’, a reputation for being poorly managedprivate company first registered in 1911, supported by the District Board of Jessore, which was founded in 1913 <ref> British Library India Office Records L/F/8/17/1334 “Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company Limited, Indenture; 1913” </ref>. Maintenance under the original management was poor and In 1914 an official report inspector reported that “the general appearance of the track was like that of the waves of a troubled sea”. Again in 1915 states that “There was no person present vested with responsibility for the management of the line, nor was the staff could not nominate one able to name any person , present or absent, as their managerManager”. <ref name=hughes>“Indian Locomotives Part 3 – Narrow Gauge 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes No. 28 McLeods Light Railways - page 56-59</ref> <ref name=name> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessore-Jhenidah_Light_Railway Wikipedia "Jessore-Jhenidah Light Railway"]; Retrieved 28 Feb 2016</ref>. In August 1915 the management taken over by [[McLeod & Co|McLeod & Company]] through to 1924. During this period the railway was operated as part of the '''[[McLeod's Light Railways]]''' <ref name=hughes/>.
The ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’ went into liquidation, and all interests and rights and privileges including all assets were transferred to the ‘Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Ltd’ on 24 September 1924. The Secretary of State for India 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, not exceeding a width of eight feet on either side for the purpose of laying and working and using said railway <ref> British Library India Office Records L/F/8/20/1761 “Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, Contract for the management, maintenance and working of the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway; 1930” </ref>.
== 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 was closed from 1 April 1933’ and ‘to all kinds of traffic from 1 May 1936.’ It is possible, but not provenalso records ten years of losses, that bare breakeven for the management other years and thhe suspension of the ‘Jessore-Jhenidah Railway’ was later being undertaken subsidy by [[McLeod's Light Railways]] (McLR).the District Board from 1921 onwards <refname=Hist1937>[httphttps://wwwia801605.irfcaus.archive.org/faq30/faqitems/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-history3Constructed-And-In-Progress.html “Indian Railways History 1913” IRFCA pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways Fan Club", constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 287 pdf 330]; Retrieved 28 Feb 20161 Aug 2020</ref>. It has not been possible to confirm this information.
The ‘Jessore-Jhenidah Railway ‘was dismantled in 1969<ref name=name/>
==Further Information==
[[McLeod's Light Railways|''See separate page'' '''McLeod’s Light Railways''']]
== References ==
