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|route= [[Calcutta]] to [[Faridpur]] (BG) with branches to<br>[[Budge -Budge]], [[Diamond Harbour]], [[Lalgola]]

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

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

|stations= '''[[Sealdah|Calcutta Sealdah]]''', [[Dum Dum]], [[Naihati]], [[Kaliganga]], [[Rajbari]], [[Goalundo]], [[Ranaghat]], [[Krishnagar]], [[Plassey]], [[Murshidabad]], [[Bangaon]], [[Jessore]],See also separate page [[Calcutta_Railways_%26_Stations#Sealdah_Station| ''' Calcutta Seadah Station''']] for details

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

|workshopstations= See also separate page [[KanchraparaCalcutta_Railways_%26_Stations#Sealdah_Station| ''' Calcutta Seadah Station''']]for details|stationsworkshop= [[BangaonKanchrapara]], [[JessoreSaidpur]] <br>''See'' [[EBR Railway Workshops]],

The '''Eastern Bengal Railway''' Company (EBR) was formed as a [[Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed Railway]] company in 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 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''." <supref>1"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a. </supref>.

The first track was laid along the east bank of the Ganga to [[Kushthia1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Progress_on_State_lines._Paragraphs_5-10.3B_Pages_3-4| “1870-71 Annual Report for Indian Railways for the Eastern Bengal Railway“]] and then across the river to gives:- [[DaccaRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|‘Broad Gauge (BG)]]Line sanctioned 159 miles(256km), which included 45 miles(72km)of Line opened 1870 with nil to be finished’. The line to Kushthia was opened in 1862, ending in Report also details the [[Calcutta1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Eastern_Bengal_Railway._Paragraphs_76-78.3B_Page_36|‘progress of the railway and the commercial summery’]] at [[Sealdah]]. The EBR became the - '''Eastern Bengal State Railwaysee separate pages for Report details.''', owned and managed by the Government of India (GoI), on 30 June 1884.

The GoI merged the [[Calcutta and South Eastern RailwayFranklin Prestage]] into became the Agent for the EBSR, and several others EBR in 1887the early 1870's. In 1904its original contract with the Secretary of State for India, the EBSR EBR Company was to open a rail-line to [[Darjeeling]]. However the [[Government of India]] took over the 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 [[Bengal Central Railway:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] which it had previously been working, . Prestage resigned from EBR and in 1879 set up the [[Brahmaputra-Sultanpur RailwayDarjeeling Steam Tramway]]Company <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/eminent-railwaymen. In 1915, the system reverted to the stylehtml#prestage “Eminent Railwaymen of Yesteryears” by R R Bhandari July 2008, reproduced by IRFCA '''Eastern Bengal Railway'Indian Railways Fan Club''] Retrieved on 2 Jun 2016</ref>.

During The EBR became the 1920s'''Eastern Bengal State Railway'''(EBSR), owned and managed by the EBR continued to grow by merger and amalgamation, and also began to convert sections Government of metre and narrow gauge to eliminate rail bottlenecks. On 1 January 1941, the GoI acquired the India([[Bengal Dooars RailwayGovernment of India |GoI]] and merged it into the EBR), on 30 June 1884.

In 1942, the The GoI merged the EBR with the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[Assam Bengal Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] to create into the EBSR, and in 1887 several metre gauge([[Bengal Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and Assam Railwaynarrow gauge [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]railwaysRailways – this giving the three Rail Gauges that made up the EBR network.

The following are held in On 1 January 1941, the GoI acquired the [[India Office RecordsBengal Dooars Railway]] at and merged it into the [[British Library]]EBR.

*'''L/AG/46/10/35''' : Contracts of appointment (1862-1869). The above is partially indexed in *'''Z/L/AG/46''' : Index to UK Appointments In 1942, the GoI merged the EBR with the [[Assam Bengal Railway]] to Indian Railways (1849-1925) The following is not included in create the index Z/L/AG/46. *'''L/AG/46/10/35''' : Lists of staff, 1879-1881.   == External links == [http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp "Brief History"[Bengal and Assam Railway]] ''Bangladesh 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]

== References ==<sup>1<references /sup> "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.