Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Dock & Railway Co Ltd

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Calcutta - Diamond Railway

Report on feasibility of the construction of a railway from Calcutta to Diamond Harbour was undertaken in 1839.

The Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Dock & Railway Co Ltd was formed in 1845, the survey & proposals apparantly not adopted at that time. [1] [2]

The Calcutta and South Eastern Railway was formed in 1859 as a private company but was taken over by the government in 1868. The Diamond Harbour link was constructed by Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway in 1883 a distance of 60km(37 miles) from Sealdah (the southern Calcutta terminus)


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