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<refname=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n251/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 243]; Retrieved 5 Feb 31 Aug 2016</ref>

<refname=Wiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways Wikipedia"Martin's Light Railways"]; Retrieved 18 Dec 201531 Aug 2016</ref> ==History==On 12 June 1889 an agreement was signed between the District Board of Howrah and Messrs. Walsh, Lovett & Company on behalf of the Bengal District Road Tramways Company; this gave the Company the right to construct and work a tramway over a portion of roads <ref name=Admin/>. This was subsequently renewed with [[Martin's Light Railways]] Co Ltd and sanctioned by Government notification in the Calcutta Gazette of 27 March 1895 <ref name=Wiki/>. On the 2 May 1895 the 'Howrah-Amta Light Railway Company’ was formed and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]] (MLR).  The Howrah-Amta line was opened up to Domjur in 1897, and to [[Amta]] in 1898. An extension from Bargachhia (Bargechhe) junction to Antpur was opened in 1904, and a further extension to Champadanga in 1908, giving a total line length of 44 miles (70km) <ref name=Admin/>. The Howrah- Amta Light and the [[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway|Howrah-Sheakhalla Light]] Railways start from Telkalghat on the Hooghly river, and skirting the Court maidan pass through the crowded Panchanantala road to Kadamtala station. Here they separate, the Howrah-Sliiakhala line running north-west along the Benares road to the border of the district, and thence to Shiakhala in Hooghly district. The Howrah-Amta line runs west, chiefly along the side of the Jagatballabhpur road, and then goes south-west to Amta <ref name=Wiki/>.  The lines continued to operate privately long after Independence in 1947, and finally converted to Broad Gauge and electrified from 1984 onwards <ref name=Wiki/>.