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[[File:Bengal Provincial Railway | [[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]], | 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]] | ||
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Bengal Provincial Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway from Tarakeswar to Magra, in Indian state of West Bengal.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
The Bengal Provincial Railway opened by Bengali engineer Annadaprasad Roy in 1895[2][3] from Tarakeswar on the East Indian Railway to Magra, which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was 32 miles (51 km) long, until extended a further 2 miles (3.2 km) to Tribeni in 1904.[4] The railway mostly used small 2-4-0T locomotives.[5] There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur.
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Rolling stock[edit | edit source]
In 1936, the company owned three locomotives, 31 coaches and 69 goods wagons.[6]
Classification[edit | edit source]
It was labeled as a Class III railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.[7][8]
Closure[edit | edit source]
Increasing losses post World War 2 led to its closure in 1956.[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Bengal Provincial Railway Co. vs Gopi Mohan Singh on 9 July, 1913". indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ↑ "অন্নদাপ্রসাদের ১৮৯৪ সালের প্রাইভেট রেল আজ বিস্মৃতপ্রায়". bartamanpatrika.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ↑ Chatterjee, Arup K. (25 January 2019). The Great Indian Railways: A Cultural Biography. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-93-88414-23-4.
- ↑ "ভারতে প্রথম রেলযাত্রা সূচনার গৌরব বঙ্গদেশেরই হতে পারত". Eisamay (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ↑ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern India". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ↑ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 224.
- ↑ "Indian Railway Classification". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ↑ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 223–226d.
- ↑ Hughes, Hugh 1994 Indian Locomotives Pt. 3, Narrow Gauge 1863–1940. Continental Railway Circle.
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