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The '''Kalighat-Falta Railway''' (KFR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, | The '''Kalighat-Falta Railway''' (KFR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, 25 miles(40km), constructed by Kalighat-Falta Railway Company, and operated as part of [[McLeod's Light Railways]], opening to traffic on 28 May 1917. The line was 25 miles (40km) in length and connected [[Kalighat]] to [[Falta]] | ||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n240/mode/ | <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]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
Sometime between 1955 and 1957, the KFR was closed and the track abandoned. The trackbed has since been used in the construction of a new road. | In 1920 a short, 1 mile(1.6km), extension from Gholeshapur (near Kalight) to Majherat opened. This was described as a ‘temporary connection with the ‘[[East Bengal Railway]]’ <ref name=Hist1937>[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 291 pdf 334]; Retrieved 3 Aug 2020</ref>. | ||
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1917-18 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937/> | |||
== Classification == | |||
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system. | |||
==Later Development== | |||
Sometime between 1955 and 1957, the KFR was closed and the track abandoned. The trackbed has since been used in the construction of a new road <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalighat_Falta_Railway Wikipedia "Kalighat-Falta Railway"]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. | |||
A surviving member of a small class of 2-6-2T locomotives, built by W G Bagnall at Stafford, England, designated AK16, was acquired by the Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Trust and is now in storage in the UK awaiting restoration. | A surviving member of a small class of 2-6-2T locomotives, built by W G Bagnall at Stafford, England, designated AK16, was acquired by the Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Trust and is now in storage in the UK awaiting restoration. | ||
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*'''L/F/8/20/1649 ''' “Kalighat-Falta Railway Company Limited, Contract as to construction, working and maintenance of a railway from Kalighat (Majerhat) to Falta; 1921” | *'''L/F/8/20/1649 ''' “Kalighat-Falta Railway Company Limited, Contract as to construction, working and maintenance of a railway from Kalighat (Majerhat) to Falta; 1921” | ||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[McLeod's Light Railways]]''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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