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Khulna-Bagerhat Railway

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The '''Khulna–Bagerhat Khulna–Bagirhaut Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway operating between [[Khulna]] and [[BagerhatBagirhaut]] (now called Bagerhat, in Bangladesh)
The line was under construction in 1916 by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR),
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n60/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 52]; Retrieved 18 Dec 201525 Jan 2016</ref>and was opened for traffic in 1918. In 1916-17 the NG rolling stock had been transferred to the Khulna–Bagerhat Railway as a result of the conversion of the [[Teesta-Kurigram Railway]] from NG to [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]. <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in service /xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in 1918, and India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17; page 16"]; Retrieved 25 Jan 1916</ref>  The railway was dismantled in the 1980s.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khulna%E2%80%93Bagerhat_Railway Wikipedia "Kulna Bagerhat Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
The conversion of the [[Teesta==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -Kurigram Railway]] available from NG to [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]] released NG rolling stock and was transferred to the Khulna–Bagerhat Railway. <ref>[http://dspace.gipewww.acfibis.inorg/xmluistore/bitstreamfibis-books-and-publications/handlebff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/10973/18185/GIPE-015962Fibis shop].pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways in ' with particular reference to the [[India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17; page 16"Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
''No further information has been found concerning 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 25 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/F/8/20/1711''' “Khulna-Bagirhaut Railway, Contract for construction, maintenance and working of a railway; 1921”-
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