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''*Note this refers to a Port on the Matla River - later known as [[Port Canning]]'' | ''*Note this refers to a Port on the Matla River - later known as [[Port Canning]]'' | ||
The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway', was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to Canning on the Matla River <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South Lines" ] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref> | The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway', was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to [[Port Canning]] on the Matla River <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South Lines" ] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref> | ||