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The '''[[File:Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway''' was a privately owned 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gaugevia Krishnangar).png|thumb|NG]]) line constructed by [[Martin's Santipur-Nabadwip Light RailwaysRailway]] Company..

The '''Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway''' was a privately owned 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line constructed by [[Martin's Light Railways]] Company. The NG line was in two parts:-*'''Santipur-Krishnager Light Railway Section''', 12 miles(18km) NG; this became part of the the [[Ranaghat-Krishnagar Light Railway]] when the line was opened in 1898; taken over by 1899. In 1904 amalgamated into the [[Eastern East Bengal Railway]](EBR) system as the ‘Ranaghat-Krishnagar Branch EBR’ <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n56/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page48-49, pdf page 56]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>.  The line linked at [[Krishnagar]] to the *'''Krishnager-Nabadwip Light Railway Section'''; 17 miles(27km),which curiously was not listed in the “1918 Administrration Repor” or in “The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908”. In 1948 it was in 1904 operation as a NG railway <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/ng-routes-1948.html IRFCA NG Routes 1948]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>. These two sections formed the '''Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway''' via [[Krishnagar]]. This NG railway was operational as part the [[Indian Railways]] Eastern Railway Division until c.2014. A delightful video of its the NG Networkline can be seen on U Tube<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-qDA1zIEA U Tube “Indian Railways: Toy Train from Shantipur via Krishnanagar to Nabadwipghat” by MrigKash 2010]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>. The line now is part of the [[Indian Railways]] ‘Kolkata Suburban Railway - Naihati Section’ and named the ‘Shantipur Jn -Krishnanager City Jn – Nabadwip Ghat Line’. The line has been converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) and electrified <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway Wikipedia "Kolkata Suburban Railway"]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016</ref>.  ''Note - Place Names,'' based on the “[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1908”, which we take as definative.<blockquote>[[Santipur]] is now named Shantipur [[Krishnagar]] is now named Krishnanager  Nadadwip is served by Nadadwip Ghat on the east bank of the Hooghly River, not mentioned in “The Imperial Gazetteer, 1908”</blockquote>

See '''[[Martin's Light Railways]]''' up to 1904,  then '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]''' == References ==<references />