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New page created replacing "Bankura-Damodar Railway" (spelling & name corrected)
{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=
|caption=
|route= [[Bankura]] to [[Rainagar]]
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
|gauge1details= 60 miles (estimate)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1916
|timeline1details= Opened to traffic
|timeline2date=
|timeline2details=
|timeline3date=
|timeline3details=
|timeline4date=
|timeline4details=
|timeline5date=
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations=
|system1date= 1916
|system1details= [[McLeod's Light Railways]]
|system2date= 1967
|system2details= [[South Eastern Railway]] (IR zone)
|system3date=
|system3details=
}}
The '''Bankura-Damoodar River Railway''' (BDRR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line. The Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company was owned, built and operated as part of [[McLeod's Light Railways]](McLR), opening to traffic on 15 December 1916.
<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 211]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref>
In 1967, ownership of the BDRR was transferred to a zone of [[Indian Railways]], [[South Eastern Railway]], which began converting the line to broad gauge in 2000.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
|image=
|caption=
|route= [[Bankura]] to [[Rainagar]]
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
|gauge1details= 60 miles (estimate)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1916
|timeline1details= Opened to traffic
|timeline2date=
|timeline2details=
|timeline3date=
|timeline3details=
|timeline4date=
|timeline4details=
|timeline5date=
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations=
|system1date= 1916
|system1details= [[McLeod's Light Railways]]
|system2date= 1967
|system2details= [[South Eastern Railway]] (IR zone)
|system3date=
|system3details=
}}
The '''Bankura-Damoodar River Railway''' (BDRR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line. The Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company was owned, built and operated as part of [[McLeod's Light Railways]](McLR), opening to traffic on 15 December 1916.
<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 211]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref>
In 1967, ownership of the BDRR was transferred to a zone of [[Indian Railways]], [[South Eastern Railway]], which began converting the line to broad gauge in 2000.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
