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1937 Admin info, Statistics and Classification adde; ‘Later Development’ added
|route= [[Burdwan]] to [[Katwa]]
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
|gauge1details= 32 33 miles (estimate)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n228/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 220]; Retrieved 31 Jan 2016</ref>
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <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 271 pdf 314]; Retrieved 30 Jul 2020</ref>.
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==Later Development==
In 1966, ownership of the BKR, together with its sister line, the [[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway]], was transferred to a zone of [[Indian Railways]], [[Eastern Railway]], which continues to operate the BKR as a narrow-gauge operation.
