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|route= [[Calcutta]] to [[Faridpur]] (BG) with branches to<br>[[Budge Budge]], [[Diamond Harbour]], [[Lalgola]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 495 miles (1905)|gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 637 miles (1905)|gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= 55 miles (1905)
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Sealdah]], [[Dum Dum]], [[Naihati]], [[Kaliganga]], [[Rajbari]], [[Goalundo]], [[Ranaghat]], [[Krishnagar]], [[Plassey]], [[Murshidabad]]
|system1date=1884|system1details= Worked by Eastern Bengal RailwayState agency
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|company9details= [[Bengal Central Railway]]
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|company10details= [[Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway]]
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The first track was laid along the east bank of the Ganga to [[Kushthia]] and then across the river to [[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]] which it had previously been working, and the [[Brahmaputra-Sultanpur 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. On 1 January 1941, the GoI acquired the [[Bengal Dooars Railway]] and merged it into the EBR.
The following are held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].
*'''L/AG/46/10/35 ''' : Contracts of appointment (1862-1869).
The above is partially indexed in
*'''Z/L/AG/46 ''' : Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)
The following is not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.
*'''L/AG/46/10/35 ''' : Lists of staff, 1879-1881.
