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The '''Lalgola Ghat Branch Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch line of [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR); opened 1905, extended reaching [[Lalgola]] in 1907.
The line was a branch of the EBR mainline from [[Ranaghat]] and the name of the branch changed as the line progressed
* '''Ranaghat-Bhagwangola Railway''' on opening in 1884.
* '''Ranaghat-Murshidabad Branch'''
* '''Lalgola Ghat Branch Railway''' in 1907.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalgola_and_Gede_branch_lines Wikipedia "Laloga Branch"]; Retrieved 1 Jan 2016</ref>
The branch ran from the EBR mainline at [[Ranaghat]], via [[Bhagwangola]] and [[Murshidabad]], to the terminus at [[Lalgola Ghat]] on the River Ganges.<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/BejvG_1000695561/163 "Bengal District Gazetteer" / Mukshidabad by L S S O’Malley, Indian Civil Service, Calcutta; Pages 150-151"]; Retrieved 1 Jan 2016 </ref>
==Further Information==
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
