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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==
==Further Information==
See '''[[East Indian Railway]]'''page and '''[[East Indian Railway - Lines owned and worked]]''' page
== References ==
