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The '''Diamond Harbour Line Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line constructed by the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]](CSER) as a link to [[Diamond Harbour]] from their [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]] line, it opened in 1863.
The '''Diamond Harbour Line Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line constructed by the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]](CSER) as a link from their [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]] line, it opened in 1883.
<ref>"Railway Raj Safari 1a" by Keith Scholey</ref>
<ref>"Railway Raj Safari 1a" by Keith Scholey</ref>
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines  Wikipedia "Sealdah South lines"] Retrieved on  5 Apr 2016</ref>  
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines  Wikipedia "Sealdah South lines"] Retrieved on  5 Apr 2016</ref>
Ownership of CPSR was transferred to the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) on 1st April 1868. The CPSR  was merged into the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) on 1st July 1884.


==Records==
Ownership of CESR was transferred to the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) on 1st April 1868. The CPSR  was merged into the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) on 1st July 1884.
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 5 Apr 2016</ref>
 
gives the following:-
==History==
*Z/E/4/24/C182; "Calcutta, Railways, Line to Diamond Harbour not to be undertaken by Government but land to be granted to private individuals for"; 1853-54
The construction of a dock at [[Diamond Harbour]] with a railway to be called the ‘Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Railway’  to the bonded warehouses in [[Calcutta]] was first proposed in a Report from 1838 [[Calcutta_Port_and_Docks_-_Railways#Diamond_Harbour_Dock_and_Railway_to_Calcutta_Proposal.2C_1838| - ''see separate page for details]]''
 
The ‘[[Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Dock & Railway Co Ltd]]’ was formed in 1845, a survey was undertaken but the construction was delayed. Land was allocated by the Government in 1853-54 <ref>British Library ‘India Office Records’ Z/E/4/24/C182; "Calcutta, Railways, Line to Diamond Harbour not to be undertaken by Government but land to be granted to private individuals for", 1853-54 </ref>. However the Company did not proceed with the construction.
 
In 1852-53 the ‘Diamond Harbour Scheme for railway communication with Calcutta’ proposal was put forward for consideratrion <ref>British Library ‘India Office Records’ IOR/E/4/819, pp229-231 “Docks and Harbours, Diamond Harbour, Scheme for railway communication with Calcutta”, 1852,53</ref>
 
The ‘[[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]]’ (CPSR)was formed in 1859 as a Guaranteed Company and opened their [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]] line in 1862. The branch line to [[Diamond Harbour]] opened in 1863


== Further Information==
== Further Information==
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
See '''[[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]]'''  
 
<br>See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]''' from 1884 onwards
See also '''[[Calcutta Port and Docks - Railways]]''' for details of early proposals to make Wet Docks at Diamond Harbour


== References ==
== References ==
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