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'''Ganges Ferry, Digha Ghat-Sonpur''' ''See spelling variants below''
The [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR) provided a ferry service across the Ganges from the [[Sonpur]] terminus of the B&NWR to [[Digha Ghat]] , where the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) branch line joined the EIR mainline at [[Bankipore]], this branch had opened in 1885. The ferry enabled loaded wagons to be transported thus connecting the B&NWR to the EIR mainline to [[Howrah]] for [[Calcutta]].
[[James Rhind]], Locomotive Superintendent of the B&NWR inspected in 1887 ‘in Glasgow a number of steamers and flats to be constructed in the preparation of a flotilla to transport loaded wagons via the Ganges Ferry, Digha Ghat-Sonepur. These steamers he put together at [[Sonpur]] on his return to India, the various parts having been shipped from Glasgow to Calcutta’.<ref name=biog>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Rhind Grace's Guide "James Rhind"] Retrieved on 23 Jul 2016</ref>.
''Spelling Variants'' – we have adopted spelling given in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] 1905
*[[Dinga Ghat]] is used in the Gazetteer in Vol 6, page 382; Vol 12, page 279 and Vol 22, pages 90 and 91; the spelling in Vol 20, page 62 Ginga Ghat is a typographical error.
*[[Sonpur]] has alternative spellings Sonepore is used in Grace’s Guide, Sonepur in Wikipedia,
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Train Ferries]]
[[Category:Railways]]
The [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR) provided a ferry service across the Ganges from the [[Sonpur]] terminus of the B&NWR to [[Digha Ghat]] , where the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) branch line joined the EIR mainline at [[Bankipore]], this branch had opened in 1885. The ferry enabled loaded wagons to be transported thus connecting the B&NWR to the EIR mainline to [[Howrah]] for [[Calcutta]].
[[James Rhind]], Locomotive Superintendent of the B&NWR inspected in 1887 ‘in Glasgow a number of steamers and flats to be constructed in the preparation of a flotilla to transport loaded wagons via the Ganges Ferry, Digha Ghat-Sonepur. These steamers he put together at [[Sonpur]] on his return to India, the various parts having been shipped from Glasgow to Calcutta’.<ref name=biog>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Rhind Grace's Guide "James Rhind"] Retrieved on 23 Jul 2016</ref>.
''Spelling Variants'' – we have adopted spelling given in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] 1905
*[[Dinga Ghat]] is used in the Gazetteer in Vol 6, page 382; Vol 12, page 279 and Vol 22, pages 90 and 91; the spelling in Vol 20, page 62 Ginga Ghat is a typographical error.
*[[Sonpur]] has alternative spellings Sonepore is used in Grace’s Guide, Sonepur in Wikipedia,
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Train Ferries]]
[[Category:Railways]]
