Great Western Bengal Railway Company
The Great Western Bengal Railway Company was formed in 1845 by Prince Dwarkanath Tagore, the chairman of 'Carr, Tagore and Company', Calcutta, along with a group of local merchants.
It was proposed to construct a line northward directly along the river Ganges, terminating at Rajmahal, the port of the 'India General Steam Navigation Company' (a subsidiary of 'Carr, Tagore and Company').
At some point between 1846 and October 1847, the Great Western Bengal Railway Company was taken over by the East Indian Railway Company (EIR). The report dated 13 October 1847 stated the Great Western Bengal Railway Company “which contemplated a line from Calcutta to Rajmahal, and various other projects for the construction of railways within the Bengal Territories. Recently the East Indian and Great Western had amalgamated and were awarded the contract for the experimental lines” [1].
References
- ↑ British Library IOR E/4/794 dispatch No26 13th October 1847 Page 55 paragraph 12. “Great Western Bengal Railway Co., amalgamation of with East Indian Railway Company and terms of contract with Government”; 1846-1849