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Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed
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/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n219/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 211]; Retrieved 20 29 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.
