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Kalighat–Falta Railway connecting Gholeshapur in Behala to Falta was opened on 28 May 1917 and was extended a further 0.92 miles (1.48 km) to Kalighat, now Majherhat in West Bengal on 7 May 1920.
The railway was built in 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge and total length was 27 miles (43 km).
The “Kalkata Falta Railway” line was the first in India to use three brand new 2-6-2 side tank AK16 locomotives, built in November 1916 by W. G. Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works at Stafford in England.
“McLeod's Light Railways” company was operation this.
Due to ever-increasing losses, the KFR was closed in 1957. The land where the tracks used to be was used to construct a road, the James Long Sarani, in Behala.
Stations in this section:
Majherhat Jn – Gholeshapur – Sakherbazar – Thakurpukur – pailan – Bhasa – Halt No. 1 – Udayrampur – Amtala Hat – Halt No. 2 – Halt No. 3 – Shirakole – Shivanipur – Dighirpar – Harindanga – Halt No. 4 – Sararhat – Falta.
( Photo Source : The Hensley Collection, Life in Calcutta (Kolkata) – 1944,Old Indian Photos)
