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The [[Ranaghat-Bhagwangola Railway]] opened in 1905 as a branch of the [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR).
The name of the branch changed as the line progressed
* '''Ranaghat-Bhagwangola Railway''' in 1884. <ref>No 68 Capital Railway Expenditure in India on Railways 1882-8". See dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/1876.../1876.068.XLS;</ref>
* '''Ranaghat- Murshidabad Branch''' before 1905
* '''Lagola Branch''' in 1905. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalgola_and_Gede_branch_lines] Wikipedia - "Laloga Branch"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
The branch ran from the EBR mainline at [[Ranaghat]], via [[Bhagwangola]] and [[Murshidabad]], to the terminus at [[Lalgola Ghat]] on the River Ganges.
<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/BejvG_1000695561/163] "Bengal District Gazetteer ; " / Mukshidabad by L S S O’Malley, Indian Civil Service, Calcutta . ; Pages 150-151 "]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
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