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Originally part of the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]], a private Company that was taken into Government ownershgip in 1868. | Originally part of the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]], a private Company that was taken into Government ownershgip in 1868. | ||
The line was constructed in 1862-63 to handle traffic from the opening of [[Port Canning]] as an auxiliary harbour to [[Calcutta]], but the failure of Port Canning involved the railway in its ruin. | The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line was constructed in 1862-63 to handle traffic from the opening of [[Port Canning]] as an auxiliary harbour to [[Calcutta]], but the failure of Port Canning involved the railway in its ruin. | ||
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=8172681933 "Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas" Page 167 by Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley,I.C.S.];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref> | |||
The railway was absorbed into [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR) becoming the '''Canning Branch Railway'''. | The railway was absorbed into [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR) becoming the '''Canning Branch Railway'''. | ||
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See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | [[Category:State Railways]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:30, 4 February 2019
Canning Branch Railway
Originally part of the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway, a private Company that was taken into Government ownershgip in 1868.
The broad gauge(BG) line was constructed in 1862-63 to handle traffic from the opening of Port Canning as an auxiliary harbour to Calcutta, but the failure of Port Canning involved the railway in its ruin. [1]
The railway was absorbed into East Bengal Railway(EBR) becoming the Canning Branch Railway.
Further Information
See Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked
References
- ↑ "Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas" Page 167 by Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley,I.C.S.;Retrieved 10 Dec 2015