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The '''Tarkessur Railway''' (also named the '''Tarakeshwar''' and '''Tarakeswar Railways''') was a short (22 mile/35 km) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_meGauge|BG]]) branch line which ran from [[Howrah]] to the pilgrimage centre of [[Tarakeshwar]].
The line was owned by Tarkessur Railway Company and worked by [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) as part of the EIR network. In 1915 the Company was merged into the EIRwith the line becoming the 'Tarkessur Branch Line'..
==Branch Line==
*[[Sheoraphuli-Tarakeshwar Railway]] - a branch line opened 1885 by the Tarkessur Railway Co; worked by EIR
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] 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 14 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*L/F/8/13/936; "East Indian Railway Company, Contract for working the Tarkessur Line"; 15 Sep 1887
==Further Information==
See '''[[East Indian Railway]]'''page and '''[[East Indian Railway - Lines owned and worked]]''' page == References ==<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
