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			{{Short description\|Railroad in West Bengal, India}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2019}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2019}}
	[[File:Bengal Provincial Railway ~~2-4-0T No 5 1905~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~{{whyte\|2-4-0\|T}} locomotive No 5~~ of Bengal Provincial Railway~~, 1905~~]]		[[File:Indian Railway Heritage Logo-10 – Bengal Provincial Railway (ER).jpg\|thumb\|Logo of Bengal Provincial Railway]]

	'''Bengal Provincial Railway ''' was a {{RailGauge\|2ft6in\|lk=on}} [[narrow-gauge]] railway from [[Tarakeswar]] to [[Mogra\|Magra]], in Indian state of [[West Bengal]].		'''Bengal Provincial Railway ''' was a {{RailGauge\|2ft6in\|lk=on}} [[narrow-gauge]] railway from [[Tarakeswar]] to [[Mogra\|Magra]], in Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bengal Provincial Railway Co. vs Gopi Mohan Singh on 9 July, 1913 \|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1772525/ \|access-date=2024-03-11 \|website=indiankanoon.org}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The Bengal Provincial Railway opened in 1895 from [[Tarakeswar]] on the [[East Indian Railway]] to [[Mogra\|Magra]], which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was {{convert\|32\|mi\|km}} long, until extended a further {{convert\|2\|mi\|km}} to [[Tribeni, Hooghly\|Tribeni]] in 1904. The railway mostly used small {{whyte\|2-4-0\|T}} locomotives. There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.		The Bengal Provincial Railway opened by [[Bengalis\|Bengali]] engineer Annadaprasad Roy in 1895<ref>{{Cite web \|title=অন্নদাপ্রসাদের ১৮৯৪ সালের প্রাইভেট রেল আজ বিস্মৃতপ্রায় \|url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/home?cid=12&id=518189 \|access-date=2024-03-11 \|website=bartamanpatrika.com \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Chatterjee \|first=Arup K. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LGiDDwAAQBAJ&dq=Annada+Prasad+Bengal+Provincial+railway&pg=PT53 \|title=The Great Indian Railways: A Cultural Biography \|date=2019-01-25 \|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing \|isbn=978-93-88414-23-4 \|language=en}}</ref> from [[Tarakeswar]] on the [[East Indian Railway]] to [[Mogra\|Magra]], which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was {{convert\|32\|mi\|km}} long, until extended a further {{convert\|2\|mi\|km}} to [[Tribeni, Hooghly\|Tribeni]] in 1904.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=ভারতে প্রথম রেলযাত্রা সূচনার গৌরব বঙ্গদেশেরই হতে পারত \|url=https://eisamay.com/west-bengal-news/asansol-news/-/articleshow/58892380.cms \|access-date=2024-03-11 \|website=Eisamay \|language=bn}}</ref> The railway mostly used small {{whyte\|2-4-0\|T}} locomotives.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern India \|url=https://www.irfca.org/members/sites/mrinal/chronology.html \|access-date=2024-03-11 \|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref> There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.

	{{Bengal Provincial Railway}}		{{Bengal Provincial Railway}}

			==Rolling stock==
			[[File:Bengal Provincial Railway 2-4-0T No 5 1905.jpg\|left\|thumb\|{{whyte\|2-4-0\|T}} locomotive No 5 of Bengal Provincial Railway, 1905]]

			In 1936, the company owned three locomotives, 31 coaches and 69 goods wagons.<ref>{{cite book \|title=World Survey of Foreign Railways \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA19 \|year=1936 \|publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.\|language=English \|page=224}}</ref>

			==Classification==
			It was labeled as a Class III railway according to [[Indian Railway Classification]] System of 1926.<ref>{{cite web\| title=Indian Railway Classification \| url=https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Indian_Railway_Classification \| access-date=10 November 2022\| language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title=World Survey of Foreign Railways \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA18 \|year=1936 \|publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.\|language=English \|page=223–226d}}</ref>

	==Closure==		==Closure==
	Increasing losses post World War 2 led to its closure in 1956.<ref name=Hughes>Hughes, Hugh 1994 ''Indian Locomotives Pt. 3, Narrow Gauge 1863–1940''. Continental Railway Circle.</ref>		Increasing losses post [[World War II\|World War 2]] led to its closure in 1956.<ref name=Hughes>Hughes, Hugh 1994 ''Indian Locomotives Pt. 3, Narrow Gauge 1863–1940''. Continental Railway Circle.</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
			{{Class III railways according to Indian Railway Classification System}}
			{{Railways in Eastern India}}

	[[Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]		[[Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]

>GoldenDragon2293Return: Created a new template for the proper line of Bengal provincial Railway and added it

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Created a new template for the proper line of Bengal provincial Railway and added it

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	==History==		==History==
	The Bengal Provincial Railway opened in 1895 from [[Tarakeswar]] on the [[East Indian Railway]] to [[Mogra\|Magra]], which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was {{convert\|32\|mi\|km}} long, until extended a further {{convert\|2\|mi\|km}} to [[Tribeni, Hooghly\|Tribeni]] in 1904. The railway mostly used small {{whyte\|2-4-0\|T}} locomotives. There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.		The Bengal Provincial Railway opened in 1895 from [[Tarakeswar]] on the [[East Indian Railway]] to [[Mogra\|Magra]], which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was {{convert\|32\|mi\|km}} long, until extended a further {{convert\|2\|mi\|km}} to [[Tribeni, Hooghly\|Tribeni]] in 1904. The railway mostly used small {{whyte\|2-4-0\|T}} locomotives. There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.

			{{Bengal Provincial Railway}}

	==Closure==		==Closure==

>Laplorfill: Use Whyte template

2021-04-20T05:22:34Z

Use Whyte template

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
[[File:Bengal Provincial Railway 2-4-0T No 5 1905.jpg|thumb|{{whyte|2-4-0|T}} locomotive No 5 of Bengal Provincial Railway, 1905]]

'''Bengal Provincial Railway ''' was a {{RailGauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} [[narrow-gauge]] railway from [[Tarakeswar]] to [[Mogra|Magra]], in Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
The Bengal Provincial Railway opened in 1895 from [[Tarakeswar]] on the [[East Indian Railway]] to [[Mogra|Magra]], which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was {{convert|32|mi|km}} long, until extended a further {{convert|2|mi|km}} to [[Tribeni, Hooghly|Tribeni]] in 1904. The railway mostly used small {{whyte|2-4-0|T}} locomotives. There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.

==Closure==
Increasing losses post World War 2 led to its closure in 1956.<ref name=Hughes>Hughes, Hugh 1994 ''Indian Locomotives Pt. 3, Narrow Gauge 1863–1940''. Continental Railway Circle.</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]

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