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[[File:Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway (via Krishnangar).png|thumb|Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway]]


The '''Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway'''  was a privately owned 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line constructed by [[Martin's Light Railways]] Company. The NG line was in two parts:-
*Santipur-Krishnagar Section, 12 miles(18km) NG;  this became part of the the [[Ranaghat-Krishnagar Light Railway]] when the line was opened in 1899. In 1904 amalgamated into the [[ East Bengal Railway]](EBR) system as the ‘Ranaghat-Krishnagar Branch EBR’ <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n56/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page48-49, pdf page 56]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>.
The line linked at Krishnagar to the
*Krishnagar-Nabadwip Light Railway Section; 17 miles(27km),which  curiously was not listed in the “1918 Administrration Repor” or in “The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908”. In 1948 it was in operation as a NG railway <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/ng-routes-1948.html IRFCA NG Routes 1948]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>.
These two sections formed the  '''Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway'''  via Krishnagar. This NG railway  was operational as part the [[Indian Railways]] Eastern Railway Division until c.2014. A delightful video of the NG line can be seen on U Tube<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-qDA1zIEA U Tube “Indian Railways: Toy Train from Shantipur via Krishnanagar to Nabadwipghat” by MrigKash 2010]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>.
The line now is part of the [[Indian Railways]] ‘Kolkata Suburban Railway - Naihati Section’ and named the ‘Shantipur Jn -Krishnanager City Jn – Nabadwip Ghat Line’. The line has been converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) and electrified <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway Wikipedia "Kolkata Suburban Railway"]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>.
''Note - Place Names,'' based on “Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908”
<blockquote>
[[Santipur]] is now named Shantipur
[[Krishnagar]] is now named  Krishnanager
Nadadwip is served by Nadadwip Ghat on the east bank of the Hooghly River, not mentioned in “The Imperial Gazetteer, 1908”
</blockquote>
==Further Information==
See '''[[Martin's Light Railways]]''' up to 1904,
then '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]'''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]

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