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Bengal Provincial Railway

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{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=
|caption=
|route= [[Magra]] to [[Tarakeshwar]]
|gauge1=
|gauge1details=
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3= 2' 6" NG
|gauge3details= 33 miles (1905)<br>42 miles (1943)
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1894
|timeline1details= Construction started
|timeline2date=
|timeline2details=
|timeline3date= 1919
|timeline3details= Dasghara-Jamalpurganj line planned
|timeline4date=
|timeline4details=
|timeline5date=
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Magra]], [[Tarakeshwar]]
|system1date=
|system1details= Own agency
|system2date=
|system2details=
|system3date=
|system3details=
}}

The '''Bengal Provincial Railway Company''' worked a short (33 mile) 2' 6" narrow gauge railway from [[Magra]] (in [[Hooghly]] district) to [[Tarakeshwar]], an important place of pilgrimage for the Shiva sect.


[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]

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