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|image=Bengal Provincial Railway Logo b.jpg|caption= Bengal Provincial Railway Logo

|gauge3details= 33 miles (1905)<br>42 miles (19431917)

|timeline3details= Dasghara-Jamalpurganj line plannedopened

The '''Bengal Provincial Railway Company''' (BPR) was formed c.1884registered in 1890.

This private line, formerly known as '''[[Tarakeshwar Magra Railway]]''', was opened in 1885March 1895, (with a section opened in November 1894); a short (33 mile55km)) 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway from [[Magra]] (in [[Hooghly]] district) to [[Tarakeshwar]], an important place of pilgrimage for the Shiva sect.<refname=Admin1918>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n224/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 216]; Retrieved 17 Dec 201527 Jul 2020</ref>.

The [[Dasghara-Jamalpurgunj Railway]]A short further extension from Magra to Tribeni, 2.2 miles(3.5km), opened 1919 as an extension to the BPRin 1914<ref name=Admin1918/>.

The [[Dasghara-Jamalpurgunj Railway]], from Dasghara to Jamalpurgunj, 8.3 miles(13.4km), opened in 1917, owned by the BPR as an extension to the BPR <ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 263 pdf 306]; Retrieved 27 Jul 2020</ref>. The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937/> The BPR line closed in 1956 == Classification ==[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system. ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L /F/8/19/1451''' “Bengal Provincial Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of a railway from Dasghara to Jamalpurganj; 1919”