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|gauge1= 2' 6" NG | |gauge1= 2' 6" NG | ||
|gauge1details=28 miles (estimate) | |gauge1details=28 miles (estimate) | ||
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|timeline1date= 1917 | |timeline1date= 1917 | ||
|timeline1details= Opened to traffic | |timeline1details= Opened to traffic | ||
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| − | |timeline2details= | + | |timeline2details= Falta to Majherhat opened |
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|presidency= [[Bengal]] | |presidency= [[Bengal]] | ||
| − | |stations= | + | |stations= [[Gholeshapur]], [[Falta]], [[Majherhat]] |
|system1date= 1917 | |system1date= 1917 | ||
|system1details= [[McLeod's Light Railways]] | |system1details= [[McLeod's Light Railways]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:35, 1 June 2009
| Kalighat-Falta Railway | ||
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| [[Image:|150px| ]] | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Gholeshapur to Majherhat | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| 2' 6" NG | 28 miles (estimate) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1917 | Opened to traffic | |
| 1920 | Falta to Majherhat opened | |
| 1955-1957 | Line closed | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Gholeshapur, Falta, Majherhat | |
| System agency | ||
| 1917 | McLeod's Light Railways | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Kalighat-Falta Railway (KFR) was a narrow gauge line, built and operated as part of McLeod's Light Railways, opening to traffic on 28 May 1917.
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.
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.
