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{{Line Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Calcutta]] to [[Faridpur]] (BG) with branches to<br>[[Budge-Budge]], [[Diamond Harbour]], [[Category:Lalgola]]|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 495 miles (1905)|gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 637 miles (1905)|gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= 55 miles (1905)|gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1857|timeline1details= Formed as [[Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed company]]|timeline2date= 1868|timeline2details= [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] taken over|timeline3date= 1884|timeline3details= Taken over by State|timeline4date= 1915|timeline4details= Opening of [[Hardinge Bridge]] at Sara Ghat |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bengal]]|stations= '''[[Sealdah|Calcutta Sealdah]] ''', [[Dum Dum]], [[Naihati]], [[Kaliganga]], [[Rajbari]], [[Goalundo]], [[Ranaghat]], [[Krishnagar]], [[Plassey]], [[Murshidabad]], [[Bangaon]], [[Jessore]],See also separate page [[ImageCalcutta_Railways_%26_Stations#Sealdah_Station| ''' Calcutta Seadah Station''']] for details|system1date= 1884|system1details= State agency|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }} {{System_Railways_Infobox|image= Eastern Bengal Railway logo.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= |company1details= |company2=1868|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= [[Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway]]|company11=|company11details= |company12= 1941|company12details= [[Bengal Dooars Railway]]|headquarters= [[Calcutta]]|stations= See also separate page [[Calcutta_Railways_%26_Stations#Sealdah_Station| ''' Calcutta Seadah Station''']] for details|workshop= [[Kanchrapara]], [[Saidpur]] <br>''See'' [[EBR Railway Workshops]]|system1date= 1942|system1details= Merged into [[Bengal and Assam Railway]]|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= |gauge1= 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]]}} [[File:EbrEastern Bengal Railway Map 1909.jpgpng|thumb| Eastern Bengal Railway Map 1909]] 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'' " <ref> "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a. </ref>.
==History==The '''Eastern Bengal Railway''' (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 formed sent to India as engineer in 1858 for "charge of bridges and viaducts. He supervised the building of the construction [[East_Bengal_Railway_Bridges#Ichamati_River_Railway_Bridge|Eschamutter(Ichamati)]] and working of a line from Calcutta [[East_Bengal_Railway_Bridges#Kumar_River_Railway_Bridge|Koomar(Kumar)]] river bridges before returning to Dacca, with a branch Britain in 1861. He returned to JessoreIndia in 1865 and became Chief Engineer and Agent <ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Leslie Wikipedia "Bradford Leslie"]; Retrieved on 5 May 2016</ref><ref>[https://books. Capital 1,000,000''l''google.co. This amount has been sanctioned for 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 line from Clacutta to the Ganges at Kooshteemeaning of Empire, near PubnahChapter 5.3” by D. Johnson, about 80 miles, all that is authorised to be proceeded with at present. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent Richard Watson"]; Retrieved on 1,000,000''l'' 2 Jun 2016</ref>." 1
The '[[Brassey & Co|Brassey, Wythes and Paxman Partenership]] undertook the construction of the EBR a line of 112 miles(179km) from [[Calcutta]] to [[Kushtia|Kooshtea(Kushtia)]] on the River Ganges. The line opened in stages from [[Calcutta]] in 1862 and completed through to [[Kushtia]] in 1864.
== Characteristics ==The [[1870-71_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“]] gives:- [[Rail_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 Report also details the [[1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Eastern_Bengal_Railway._Paragraphs_76-78.3B_Page_36|‘progress of the railway and the commercial summery’]] - ''see separate pages for Report details.''
The first track was laid along [[Franklin Prestage]] became the Agent for the EBR in the early 1870's. In its original contract with the east bank Secretary of State for India, the Ganga EBR Company was to Kushthia and then across the river to Dhaka. The open a rail-line to Kushthia was opened in 1862, ending in Calcutta at Sealdah[[Darjeeling]]. The EBR became the Eastern Bemgal State Railway, owned and managed by However the [[Government of India, on 30 June 1884]] 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]]. In 1904, the EBSR took over Prestage resigned from EBR and in 1879 set up the [[Bengal Central RailwayDarjeeling Steam Tramway]]Company <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/eminent-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</ref>.
The EBR became the '''Eastern Bengal State Railway'''(EBSR), owned and managed by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]), on 30 June 1884.
== Records ==The GoI merged the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] into the EBSR, and in 1887 several metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and narrow gauge [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] railwaysRailways – this giving the three Rail Gauges that made up the EBR network.
The following are held in In 1915, the [[India Office Records]] at system reverted to the [[British Library]]style, '''Eastern Bengal Railway'''.
*L/AG/46/10/35 : Contracts During the 1920s, the EBR continued to grow by merger and amalgamation, and also began to convert sections of appointment (1862-1869)metre and narrow gauge to eliminate rail bottlenecks.
The above is partially indexed inOn 1 January 1941, the GoI acquired the [[Bengal Dooars Railway]] and merged it into the EBR.
*Z/L/AG/46 : Index In 1942, the GoI merged the EBR with the [[Assam Bengal Railway]] to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)create the [[Bengal and Assam Railway]].
The following is not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.== EBR Personnel ==See separate page '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway Personnel]]'''
*L/AG/46/10/35 : Lists == EBR Lines owned and worked ==The development of staff, 1879the EBR network is detailed in a separate page '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway -1881Lines owned and worked]] ''' broken down into the three Rail Gauge Divisions.<br>The initial construction of Bridges is covered in a separate page '''[[East Bengal Railway Bridges|Eastern Bengal Railway Bridges]]''' as part of the development of the EBR system
==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]
== Notes References ==<references />
1 "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.[[Category:Railways]][[Category:Guaranteed Railways]][[Category:State Railways]][[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
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