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The '''Jessore-Jhenidah Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that opened in 1913linking [[Jessore]] to [[Jhenidah]], a line length of 29 miles (46km). Together with the The [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway| Kotchandpur Branch]] opened at the same time and gave a total line length of 36 miles (57km). Owned and worked by the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway Company, a private company supported by the District Board of Jessore.<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 7 28 Feb 2016</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessore-Jhenidah_Light_Railway Wikipedia "Jessore-Jhenidah Light Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>

The railway developed a reputation for being poorly managed, an official report in 1915 states that staff could not nominate one person as their manager<ref name=name> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessore-Jhenidah_Light_Railway Wikipedia "Jessore-Jhenidah Light Railway"]; Retrieved 28 Feb 2016</ref>. It is probablepossible, but not proven, that the management of the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway was later being worked undertaken by [[McLeod's Light Railways]] (McLR) and they possibly took over <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html “Indian Railways History 1913” IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club'']; Retrieved 28 Feb 2016</ref>. ''It has not been possible to confirm this information. An examination of the 1930 Contract with the Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, see Records L/F/8/20/1761, may throw light on the line at some pointoperation of this railway.'' The Jessore-Jhenidah Railway was dismantled in 1969<ref name=name/>.