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The '''Howrah-Burdwan Chord Railway''' was part of [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) system.The line broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) opened in 1917 and provided shorter link to [[BardhamanBurdwan]] from the EIR hub at [[East Indian RailwayHowrah]](EIR)EIR hub at . Prior to the opening of the Howrah-Burdwan chord the only line was the [[HowrahSheoraphuli-Tarakeshwar Railway]]which had been constructed in 1885.<ref>[https://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Bardhaman_main_line Wikipedia "Bardhaman main line"]; Retrieved 16 Feb 2019</ref>

Prior The [[Howrah]] to the opening Saktighar section of the Howrah–Bardhaman chord the only line EIR network was the completed in 1917; 45 miles(72km)<ref>[[Sheoraphuli-Tarakeshwar Railwayhttps://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n62/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 54 (pdf62)]] which had been constructed in 1885; Retrieved 16 Feb 2019</ref> .

==External Links==The line, length 55 miles(87km) from [[Lillooah]] station, 4 miles from [[Howrah]] was to relieve the heavily worked section of the EIR network to [[Burdwan]] *<ref>[httpshttp://endspace.wikipediagipe.orgac.in/wikixmlui/Howrah%E2%80%93Bardhaman_main_line Wikipediabitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 12]; Retrieved 16 Feb 2019</ref>