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{{Line Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Calcutta]] to [[Faridpur]] (BG) with branches to<br>[[Budge Budge]], [[Diamond Harbour]], [[Lalgola]]|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= |gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1858|timeline1details= Formed as [[Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed company]]|timeline2date= |timeline2details= [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] merger|timeline3date= 1884|timeline3details= Taken over by State|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bengal]]|stations= [[Sealdah]], [[Dum Dum]], [[Naihati]], [[Kaliganga]], [[Rajbari]], [[Goalundo]], [[Ranaghat]], [[Krishnagar]], [[Plassey]], [[Image:Murshidabad]]|system1date=|system1details= Worked by Eastern Bengal Railway|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= |auxillary forces=}} {{System_Railways_Infobox|image= Ebr.jpg|caption= ''Eastern Bengal Railway device''|timeline1date= 1884|timeline1details= Renamed '''Eastern Bengal State Railway'''|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= 1915|timeline3details= Reverted to [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |company1= 1884|company1details= [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]|company2=|company2details= [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]]|company3= 1887|company3details= [[Dacca State Railway]]|company4= 1887|company4details= [[Northern Bengal State Railway]]|company5= 1887|company5details= [[Kaunia-Kurigram Railway]]|company6=|company6details= [[Cooch Behar Railway]]|company7= |company7details= [[Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannath Railway]]|company8=|company8details= |company9= 1904|company9details= [[Bengal Central Railway]]|company10= |company10details= |company11=|company11details= |company12=|company12details= |headquarters= [[Calcutta]]|workshop= |stations= [[Bangaon]], [[Jessore]], |system1date= 1942|system1details= Merged into [[Bengal and Assam Railway]]|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= |thumbgauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 495 miles (1905)|gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 688 miles (1905)|gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= 89 miles (1905)|gauge4= |gauge4details= |auxillary forces= [[Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion]]}}
The '''Eastern Bengal Railway''' (EBR) was formed in 1858 for "the construction and working of a line from Calcutta to Dacca, with a branch to Jessore. Capital 1,000,000''l''. This amount has been sanctioned for the line from Clacutta to the Ganges at Kooshtee, near Pubnah, about 80 miles, all that is authorised to be proceeded with at present. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent on 1,000,000''l''." 1
== Characteristics History ==
The first track was laid along the east bank of the Ganga to [[Kushthia ]] and then across the river to Dhaka[[Dacca]]. The line to Kushthia was opened in 1862, ending in [[Calcutta ]] at [[Sealdah]]. The EBR became the '''Eastern Bengal State Railway''', owned and managed by the Government of India(GoI), on 30 June 1884. The GoI merged the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] into the EBSR, and several others in 1887. In 1904, the EBSR took over the [[Bengal Central Railway]]. In 1915, the system reverted to the style, '''Eastern Bengal Railway'''. During the 1920s, the EBR continued to grow by merger and amalgamation, and also began to convert sections of metre and narrow gauge to eliminate rail bottlenecks. In 1942, the GoI merged the EBR with the [[Assam Bengal Railway]] to create the [[Bengal and Assam Railway]].
*L/AG/46/10/35 : Lists of staff, 1879-1881.
== External links ===
[http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/R_0048.htm "Railway"] ''Banglapedia''.
[http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp "Brief History"] ''Bangladesh Railway''.
