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'''Lalgola Ghat Branch Railway'''
The '''Lalgola Ghat Branch Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch line of [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR); reaching [[Lalgola]] in 1907.


Branch line of Eastern Bengal Railway(qv); opened 1905, extended 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>


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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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Latest revision as of 08:07, 8 March 2021

The Lalgola Ghat Branch Railway was a broad gauge(BG) branch line of Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR); 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.[1]

The branch ran from the EBR mainline at Ranaghat, via Bhagwangola and Murshidabad, to the terminus at Lalgola Ghat on the River Ganges.[2]

Further Information

See Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked

References