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.