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Dacca-Aricha Railway Project
Dacca-Aricha Railway Project
There was a proposal to provide a through route to Eastern Bengal by upgrading the Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) ‘Goalundo Branch Railway', crossing the Ganges River by Steamer and constructing a railway from Aricha, on the eastern bank of the Ganges to Dacca.
This project was abandoned in 1935 [1][2].
Comment
the 'Goalundo-Narayanganj Extension Railway Survey' had been undertaken by the Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) during the period 1894-98. The record states “the object of connecting Calcutta with the Assam-Bengal Railway”. The line was not constructed and is a previous failure to provide a connection to East Bengal
A further survey was undertaken in 1906 to connect this proposed line to the proposed Hajiganj-Shatnal Railway - see separate page. This line also was not constructed.
Even today the railway stops at Goalundo Ghat Station, a short distance from the ferry terminal at Daulatdia crossing to Paturia on the opposite bank of the Ganges.
References
- ↑ Google Books 'Our Indian Railway: Themes in India's Railway History' edited by Roopa Srinivasan, Manish Tiwari, Sandeep Silas Page 180; Retrieved 22 Jul 2020
- ↑ “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37. Vol. I; Railway Department, Government of India” Para 43 (i), page 42 pdf 57; Retrieved 22 Jul 2020