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The '''Diamond Harbour Line Railway''' was constructed by the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]](CSER) as a link from their [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]] line, it opened in 1863..
<ref>"Railway Raj Safari 1a" by Keith Scholey</ref>
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South lines"] Retrieved on 5 Apr 2016</ref>
Ownership of CPSR was transferred to the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) on 1st April 1868. The CPSR was merged into the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) on 1st July 1884.
==External LinksRecords==*An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[httpshttp://ensearcharchives.wikipediabl.orguk/primo_library/libweb/wikiaction/Sealdah_South_lines search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 5 Apr 2016</ref>gives the following:-*Z/E/4/24/C182; "Sealdah South linesCalcutta, Railways, Line to Diamond Harbour not to be undertaken by Government but land to be granted to private individuals for"] Wikipedia; 1853-54
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