Bengal Provincial Railway
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The Bengal Provincial Railway Company was a gauge railway opened in 1895 from Tarakeswar
on the East Indian Railway to Magra
, also on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was 32 miles long, until extended a further 2 miles to Tribeni
in 1904. The railway mostly used small 2-4-0T locomotives. Increasing losses post World War 2 led to its closure in 1956.
Tarakeswar
Tarakeswar is a town and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a police station in Chandannagar subdivision. Tarakeswar is a renowned place of pilgrimage and the greatest centre of the Shiva sect in West Bengal. 58 km away from Kolkata, Tarakeswar can be...
on the East Indian Railway to Magra
Mogra
Mogra is a gram panchayat , police station and headquarters of Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in Hooghly district in West Bengal, India...
, also on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line was 32 miles long, until extended a further 2 miles to Tribeni
Tribeni
Tribeni is a small town in Hooghly in the state of West Bengal, India. It was an old holy place for the Hindus. The Muslims took over it during early phases of their conquest of Bengal.-Geography:Tribeni is located at ....
in 1904. The railway mostly used small 2-4-0T locomotives. Increasing losses post World War 2 led to its closure in 1956.