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The lines continued to operate independently after Independence in 1947, the last being transferred to Indian Railways in 1967.
==Other Railways==
*The [[Krishnager-Nabadwip Light Railway]] was originally owned by McLeod and Company and transferred to Eastern Railway in 1966. It was a 28 km (17 miles) line with 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge lines. It has recently been converted to 1,676 mm(5 ft 6 in).
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalgola_and_Gede_branch_lines]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway]
*The [[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]], opened 1913-14. Owned and worked by Private Co., together with [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway]]; apparantly taken over by McLeod and Company , 1913
[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html]
