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→Branches from the Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line: Digha Ghat Branch and ferry links added
** ‘Cawnpore City Branch Line’ ; Cawnpore, 1879; 0.9 miles(1.4km). Page 55 (pdf64)
** ‘Deoghar Branch Line’ ; Jasidih to Baidyanathdham, opened 1882 as the metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) MG [[Deoghur Railway]], originally owned and worked by [[Burn & Co Ltd]] until merged in EIR, 1911; converted to BG 1913; 4.1 miles(6.6km). Page 54 (pdf 63)
** ‘Digha Ghat Branch’ ; Bankipore to Digha Ghat, 1885; 5.5 miles(8.8km). Page 54 (pdf 63). > A branch line of railway from the EIR station at Bankipur to the right bank of the Ganges at Digha Ghat . The EIR at Digha Ghat connected to the '[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]'5B&NWR) at Palaza Ghat on the opposite bank by the [[Ganges Ferry, Digha Ghat-Sonpur|Digha Ghat Steam Ferry]] <ref name>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=IORDS405.1.I34_V22_096.gif ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India’, v. 22, p. 90. ]; Retrieved 16 Apr 2020</ref>.
** ‘Giridih Branch Line’ ; Madhupar to Giridih, 1871; 27 miles(43km). Page 54 (pdf 63)
** ‘Hathras Branch Line’ ; Hathras Junction to Hathras Kilah, 1898; 5.6 miles(9km). Page 55 (pdf64)
