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Originally part of the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]], a private Company that was taken into Government ownershgip in 1868.
The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line was constructed in 1862-63 to handle traffic from the opening of [[Port Canning]] as an auxiliary harbour to [[Calcutta]], but the failure of Port Canning involved the railway in its ruin.<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=8172681933 "Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas" Page 167 by Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley,I.C.S.];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
The railway was absorbed into [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR) becoming the '''Canning Branch Railway'''.
==External LinkFurther Information==*See '''[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=8172681933 [Eastern Bengal District Gazetteers: 24Railway -Parganas. Page 167 by Lewis Sydney Steward OLines owned and worked]]'''Malley,I.C.S.]
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
