3-568: Bengal Provincial Railway was a 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) narrow-gauge railway from Tarakeswar to Magra , in Indian state of West Bengal . The Bengal Provincial Railway opened by Bengali engineer Annadaprasad Roy in 1895 from Tarakeswar on the East Indian Railway to Magra , which was on the East Indian Railway broad gauge. Built by local interests, the line
6-643: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2 ft 6 in gauge railways 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop . Several Bosnian-gauge railways with 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ) are found in south-eastern Europe. 760 mm (29.92 in)
9-517: Was 32 miles (51 km) long, until extended a further 2 miles (3.2 km) to Tribeni in 1904. The railway mostly used small 2-4-0 T locomotives. There also was a branch line from Dashghora to Jamalpur. In 1936, the company owned three locomotives, 31 coaches and 69 goods wagons. It was labeled as a Class III railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926. Increasing losses post World War 2 led to its closure in 1956. This Indian rail transport related article
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