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The following is the progress in opening<ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 282 pdf 324]; Retrieved 1 Aug 2020</ref>:-
* ‘Main Line’
** Telkul Ghat(Howrah) via Dumjur to Bargachia, 15 miles(km24km), opened 1897, the first 2 miles(3.2km)to Kadamtala also worked jointly with by the ‘[[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]]’** Bargachia via Maju to Amta, 12 miles(km19km), opened 1898
* ‘Champadanga Branch’
** Bargachia to Jagatbalabpur, 1½ miles(km4km), opened 1897** Jagatbalabpu to Autpur, 8½ miles(km14km), opened 1904** Autpur to Champadanga, 7 miles(km11km), opened 1908Total line length 44 miles(km71km)
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937/>
