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Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed
This private line, formerly known as '''[[Tarakeshwar Magra Railway]]''', was opened in 1885; a short (33 mile) 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway from [[Magra]] (in [[Hooghly]] district) to [[Tarakeshwar]], an important place of pilgrimage for the Shiva sect.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n224/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 216]; Retrieved 17 Dec 201530 Jan 2016</ref>
The [[Dasghara-Jamalpurgunj Railway]], opened 1919 as an extension to the BPR.
