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1937 Admin info, ‘Classification’ and ‘Later Deveklopment ‘ added
The ‘Jessore Jhenidah Railway Company’ went into liquidation, and all interests and rights and privileges including all assets were transferred to the ‘Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Ltd’ on 24 September 1924. The Secretary of State for India confirmed that the new company was granted all such rights and concessions and have free use of the public road between Jessore and Jhenidah and Kalinganji and Kotchandupr, not exceeding a width of eight feet on either side for the purpose of laying and working and using said railway <ref> British Library India Office Records L/F/8/20/1761 “Jhenidah Railway Syndicate Limited, Contract for the management, maintenance and working of the Jessore-Jhenidah Railway; 1930” </ref>.
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==Later Development==
The “Statistics of Working” show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1931-32 and states that ‘the line was closed from 1 April 1933’ and ‘to all kinds of traffic from 1 May 1936.’ It also records ten years of losses, bare breakeven for the other years and thhe suspension of the subsidy by the District Board from 1921 onwards <ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 287 pdf 330]; Retrieved 1 Aug 2020</ref>.
The ‘Jessore-Jhenidah Railway ‘was dismantled in 1969<ref name=name/>
