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|company1details= [[Burdwan-Katwa Railway]](BKR)

|company2details= [[Bankura-Damodar Damoodar River Railway]](BDRR)

|company3details= [[Kalighat-Falta Railway]](KFR)

|company4details= [[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway]][AKR)

|gauge1details= 152 150 miles (estimated241km)|gauge2= 2’0” NG|gauge2details= 36 miles 1915-24 [[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]](JJR)

'''[[McLeod & Co|McLeod & Company]]''' was the subsidiary of a London company of managing agents, '''McLeod Russell & Co. Ltd''', .<br>The Company was formed to build and operate four 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])narrow gauge railways '''McLeod's Light Railways''' in and around Calcutta. Each railway was created as a separate Company. <br>All these railways had a 3½% return guaranteed by the Government <ref>“Indian Locomotives Part 3 – Narrow Gauge 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes No. 28 McLeods Light Railways - page 56-59</ref>

<br>*'''[[Burdwan-Katwa Railway]]'''(BKR), 2’ 6” NG, 33 miles(54km), constructed by Burdwan‘Burdwan-Katwa Railway CompanyCompany’, opened 1915 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n229/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 211-212 (pdf229-230)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The line ran from [[Burdwan]], on the [[Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line|EIR Mainline]] to [[Katwa]], where it linked to the AKR - ''see below'' and where there was an interchange with the [[East Indian Railway]] [[Sahibganj Loop EIR Line|EIR Loopline]]. <blockquote>Marked '''1''' on Map. [[Burdwan-Katwa Railway|''See separate BKR page'']].</blockquote> *'''[[Bankura-Damoodar River Railway]] '''(BDRR), 2’ 6” NG, 60 miles(96km), constructed by Bankura‘Bankura-Damoodar River Railway CompanyCompany’, opened 1916-17 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n219/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 211 (pdf219)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The line ran eastward from [[Bankura]] on the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] to Raynagar (near to the Damoodar River). <blockquote>Marked '''2''' on Map. [[Bankura-Damoodar River Railway|''See separate BDRR page'']].</blockquote> *'''[[AhmadpurKalighat-Katwa Falta Railway]]'''(AKRKFR), 2’ 6” 63 NG, 32 25 miles(51km40km), constructed by Ahmadpur‘Kalighat-Katwa Falta Railway CompanyCompany’, opened 1917 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n213n240/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 205 232 (pdf213pdf240)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The line, to the south of [[Calcutta]], from Kalighat , in the southern suburbs of Calcutta, to [[Falta]] on the bank of the Hooghly River.*<blockquote>Marked '''3''' on Map. [[Kalighat-Falta Railway |''See separate KFR page'']].</blockquote> *'''[[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway]]'''(KFRAKR), 2’ 63 6” NG, 25 32 miles(40km51km), constructed by Kalighat‘Ahmadpur-Falta Katwa Railway CompanyCompany’, opened 1917 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n240n213/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 232 205 (pdf240pdf213)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>. The line ran from [[Ahmadpur]] on the [[First Chord EIR Line|EIR First Chord]] to [[Katwa]], where in linked to the BKR - ''see above'' and where there was an interchange with the [[Sahibganj Loop EIR Line|EIR Loopline]]. <blockquote>Marked '''4''' on Map. [[Ahmadpur-Katwa Railway |''See separate AKR page for further details'']].</blockquote>

<br>*The '''[[Jessore-Jhenidah Railway]], '''(JJR) 2’ 0” NG, 36 miles(57km), opened 1913-14. Owned and worked by Private Co., together with [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway]] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n238/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 230)]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2016</ref>; apparently . The management taken over by 'McLeod and Company', August 1915 through to 1924. The railway connected [[Jessore]], a station of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]-‘EBR Central Section’, 1913 to [[Jhenidah]] on the Nabaganga River. <refblockquote>Marked '''5''' on Map. [http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq[Jessore-history3.html Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA) “Frequently Asked Questions Part 3 Jhenidah Railway| ‘Jessore- year 1913”Jhenidah Railway’ ''See separate JJR page'']]; Retrieved on 24 Nov 2016.</refblockquote><blockquote>Marked '''6''' on Map. [[Kotchandpur Branch Railway|‘Kotchandpur Branch Railway’ ''This is pending independent verification.See separate JJR page'' ]].</blockquote>