Burdwan Katwa Railway

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Burdwan Katwa Railway is a narrow gauge line, built and operated as part of McLeod's Light Railways, in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. McLeod & Company was the subsidiary of a London-based company of managing agents, McLeod Russell & Co. Ltd, formed to build and operate four narrow gauge railways - Burdwan Katwa Railway, Bankura Damodar Railway, Kalighat Falta Railway and Ahmedpur Katwa Railway. The 53 kilometres long Burdwan Katwa Railway connecting Bardhaman and Katwa, built on 760 millimetres, was opened to traffic on 1 December 1915. In 1966, ownership of the BKR was transferred Eastern Railway which continues to operate the BKR as a narrow-gauge operation. As of 2004 five trains plied each way. There is a crossing point at Bolgona station. The Up and Down trains have to reach the crossing on time to facilitate crossing. The rail journey takes 2.45 hours, the engines chugging along at the maximum speed of 30 km per hour.