Bengal Provincial Railway
| Bengal Provincial Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
 Bengal Provincial Railway Logo | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Magra to Tarakeshwar | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| 2' 6" NG | 33 miles (1905) 42 miles (1917) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1894 | Construction started | |
| 1917 | Dasghara-Jamalpurganj line opened | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Magra, Tarakeshwar | |
| System agency | ||
| Own agency | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Bengal Provincial Railway Company (BPR) was registered in 1890.
This private line, formerly known as Tarakeshwar Magra Railway, was opened in March 1895, (with a section opened in November 1894); a short 33 mile 55km)) 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) railway from Magra (in Hooghly district) to Tarakeshwar, an important place of pilgrimage for the Shiva sect. [1].
A short further extension from Magra to Tribeni, 2.2 miles(3.5km), opened in 1914[1].
The Dasghara-Jamalpurgunj Railway, from Dasghara to Jamalpurgunj, 8.3 miles(13.4km), opened in 1917, owned by the BPR as an extension to the BPR [2].
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 [2]
The BPR line closed in 1956
Classification
Indian Railway Classification of 1926 - Class III railway system.
Records
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors 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 railway [3] gives the following: -
- L /F/8/19/1451 “Bengal Provincial Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of a railway from Dasghara to Jamalpurganj; 1919”
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 216; Retrieved 27 Jul 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 263 pdf 306; Retrieved 27 Jul 2020
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016