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'''Budge-Budge Branch Railway''' | '''Budge-Budge Branch Railway''' | ||
The [[Budge-Budge]] branch line of the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) network was opened in 1890. | |||
==History== | |||
It was sanctioned in 1886 as a line from Ballygunge to [[Kidderpore]] Docks, which was to be constructed by the Port Commissioners; 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. | |||
==External Links== | |||
*[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=8172681933 Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas – page 168 by Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley,I.C.S] | |||
[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | [[Category:State Railways]] |
Revision as of 08:01, 13 November 2015
Budge-Budge Branch Railway
The Budge-Budge branch line of the Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) network was opened in 1890.
History
It was sanctioned in 1886 as a line from Ballygunge to Kidderpore Docks, which was to be constructed by the Port Commissioners; 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.