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The '''Jessore-Jhenidah Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that opened in 1913 linking [[Jessore]] to [[Jhenidah]], a line length of 29 miles (46km). The [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway| Kotchandpur Branch]] from Kaliganj (now known as Shibnagore) to Kotchandpur 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 28 Feb 2016</ref>.The railway was owned and worked by the ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’, a private company supported by the District Board of Jessore, which was founded in 1913 <ref> British Library India Office Records L/F/8/17/1334 “Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company Limited, Indenture; 1913” </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

It is possible, but not provenThe ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’ went into liquidation, and all interests and rights and privileges including all assets were transferred to the ‘Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Ltd’ on 24 September 1924. The Secretary of State for India confirmed that the management new company was granted all such rights and concessions and have free use of the public road between Jessore-and Jhenidah Railway was later being undertaken by [[McLeod's Light Railways]] (McLR)and Kalinganji and Kotchandupr, not exceeding a width of eight feet on either side for the purpose of laying and working and using said railway <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 British Library India Office Records L/F/8/20/1761“Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, may throw light on Contract for the operation management, maintenance and working of this railwaythe Jessore-Jhenidah Railway; 1930” </ref>.''

The JessoreIt is possible, but not proven, that the management of the ‘Jessore-Jhenidah Railway Railway’ was dismantled in 1969later being undertaken by [[McLeod's Light Railways]] (McLR).<ref name=name>[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.

==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845The ‘Jessore-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 Jhenidah Railway ‘was dismantled 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 railway1969<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vidname=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 24 Jan 2016<name/ref>gives the following: -*'''L/F/8/17/1334 ''' “Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company Limited, Indenture; 1913”*'''L/F/8/20/1761 ''' “Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, Contract for the management, maintenance and working of the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway; 1930”