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The '''Kotchandpur Branch Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch of the [[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]]. The branch opened in 1913 and was 7 miles (11km) long. Owned and worked by the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway Company, a private company supported by the District Board of Jessore.
The '''Kotchandpur Branch Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch of the [[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]]. The branch opened in 1913 and was 7 miles (11km) long. Owned and worked by the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway Company, a private company supported by the District Board of Jessore.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page ]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n238/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 230]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 3 (1900 - 1947")]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
 


It is probable, but not proven, that the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway was being worked by [[McLeod's Light Railways]] (McLR) and they possibly took over the line at some point.
It is probable, but not proven, that the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway was being worked by [[McLeod's Light Railways]] (McLR) and they possibly took over the line at some point.


==Further Information==
See '''[[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]]'''


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]

Latest revision as of 07:04, 8 February 2016

The Kotchandpur Branch Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) branch of the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway. The branch opened in 1913 and was 7 miles (11km) long. Owned and worked by the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway Company, a private company supported by the District Board of Jessore. [1]

It is probable, but not proven, that the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway was being worked by McLeod's Light Railways (McLR) and they possibly took over the line at some point.

Further Information

See Jessore-Jhenidah Railway

References