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'''Budge-Budge Branch Railway''' | The '''Budge-Budge Branch Railway''' was part of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) network and was opened in 1890. The line connected [[Budge-Budge]] to the EBR terminus a [[Sealdah]] and becoming part of the [[Calcutta]] suburban network. | ||
==History== | |||
‘It was sanctioned in 1886 as a line from Ballygunge to Kidderpore Docks, which was to be constructed by the [[Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway]]; a tramway from Tolly’s Nullah, which belonged to the Port Commisioners, was taken over an incorporated in the line. Sanction to an extension to [[Budge-Budge]] was given in 1888 and the line opened in 1890. | |||
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=8172681933 "Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas" – page 168 by Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley,I.C.S];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref> | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:08, 7 March 2021
The Budge-Budge Branch Railway was part of the Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) broad gauge(BG) network and was opened in 1890. The line connected Budge-Budge to the EBR terminus a Sealdah and becoming part of the Calcutta suburban network.
History
‘It was sanctioned in 1886 as a line from Ballygunge to Kidderpore Docks, which was to be constructed by the Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway; a tramway from Tolly’s Nullah, which belonged to the Port Commisioners, was taken over an incorporated in the line. Sanction to an extension to Budge-Budge was given in 1888 and the line opened in 1890. [1]
Further Information
See Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked
References
- ↑ "Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas" – page 168 by Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley,I.C.S;Retrieved 10 Dec 2015