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The '''Bengal Provincial Railway Company''' (BPR) was formed c.1884registered in 1890.
This private line, formerly known as '''[[Tarakeshwar Magra Railway]]''', was opened in 1885March 1895, (with a section opened in November 1894); 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://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#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 30 Jan 2016</ref>
