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|gauge1details= 495 miles (1905)|gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 637 miles (1905)|gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= 55 miles (1905)

|timeline1date= 18581857

|timeline2date= 1868|timeline2details= [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] mergertaken over

|timeline4date= 1915|timeline4details= Opening of [[Hardinge Bridge]] at Sara Ghat

|system1date=1884|system1details= Worked by Eastern Bengal RailwayState agency

|image= EbrEastern Bengal Railway logo.jpg

|company1= 1884|company1details= [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]|company2=1868

|company10details= [[Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway]]

|company12=1941|company12details= [[Bengal Dooars Railway]]

|workshop= [[Kanchrapara]], [[Saidpur]] <br>''See'' [[EBR Railway Workshops]]

The '''Eastern Bengal Railway''' Company (EBR) was formed as a [[Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed Railway]] company in 1858 1857 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 Calcutta to the Ganges at Kooshtee([[Kushtia]]), 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  == History == The first track was laid along the east bank of the Ganga to [[Kushthia]] <ref> "Money Market and then across the river to [[Dacca]]. The line to Kushthia was opened in 1862City Intelligence", ending in [[Calcutta]] at [[Sealdah]]. The EBR became the '''Eastern Bengal State Railway'The Times'', owned and managed by the Government of India (GoI)Wednesday, on 30 15 June 1884. The GoI merged the [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] into the EBSR1859, and several others in 1887. In 1904#23333, the EBSR took over the [[Bengal Central Railway]]7a. 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]].  == Records == The following are held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]]. *L</AG/46/10/35 : Contracts of appointment (1862-1869)ref>. The above is partially indexed in

*Z==History==The first construction started in October 1859. Isambard Kingdom Brunel had been engaged in Britain as consulting engineer to the EBR and [[Bradford Leslie]], an English civil engineer who specialised in bridges, was sent to India as engineer in charge of bridges and viaducts. He supervised the building of the Eschamutter and Koormar river bridges before returning to Britain in 1861. He returned to India in 1865 and became Chief Engineer and Agent <ref> [https:/L/AGen.wikipedia.org/46 wiki/Bradford_Leslie Wikipedia "Bradford Leslie"]; Retrieved on 5 May 2016</ref><ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PpJMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT74&lpg=PT74&dq=southern+punjab+railway+company&source=bl&ots=R1AsTgkegr&sig=CzpHod72_VMtjRKj6Ire4zWNOV4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyqrig1rXMAhVrJMAKHY0EDRc4ChDoAQg3MAU#v=onepage&q=southern%20punjab%20railway%20company&f=false Google Books “New Delhi: The Last Imperial City- Sir Bradford Leslie and the meaning of Empire, Chapter 5.3” by D. Johnson, Richard Watson"]; Retrieved on Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)2 Jun 2016</ref>.

The following is not included [[Franklin Prestage]] became the Agent for the EBR in the early 1870's. In its original contract with the Secretary of State for India, the EBR Company was to open a rail-line to [[Darjeeling]]. However the [[Government of India]] took a decision to stop expansion of rail-lines by Guaranteed companies in new areas and instead decided to construct and manage new rail-lines as [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]]. Prestage resigned from EBR and in 1879 set up the index Z[[Darjeeling Steam Tramway]] Company <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/Larticles/AGeminent-railwaymen.html#prestage “Eminent Railwaymen of Yesteryears” by R R Bhandari July 2008, reproduced by IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club''] Retrieved on 2 Jun 2016</46ref>.

*L/AG/46/10/35 : Lists The EBR became the '''Eastern Bengal State Railway'''(EBSR), owned and managed by the Government of India([[Government of staffIndia |GoI]]), 1879-1881on 30 June 1884.

On 1 January 1941, the GoI acquired the [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/R_0048.htm "[Bengal Dooars Railway"] ''Banglapedia''] and merged it into the EBR.

In 1942, the GoI merged the EBR with the [http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp "Brief History"[Assam Bengal Railway]] ''Bangladesh to create the [[Bengal and Assam Railway'']].

== Notes External Links== *[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Railway Banglapedia "National Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh" Railway]*[http://inforail.blogspot.com/2012/10/brief-history-of-bangladesh-railway.html "Brief History of Bangladesh Railway" Bangladesh Railway Information]