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The '''Calcutta and South Eastern Railway''' (CSER) was formed in 1859 for "the construction and working of a line from Calcutta to the Port of the Mutlah* - length, about 29 miles(45 km). Capital 250,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent" <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>.
''*Note this refers to a Port on the Matla River - later known as [[Port Canning Rice Mill Tramway|Port Canning]]''
The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning Rice Mill Tramway|Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway', was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to Canning on the Matla River <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South Lines" ] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref>
The '''[[Diamond Harbour Line Railway]]''' link was constructed by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway ' in 1883.
== History ==
