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The '''Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway''' (HSLR) was a short 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway which ran from [[Howrah]] north-westwards to [[Sheakhala]] <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n253/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 245]; Retrieved 1 Sep 2016</ref>.

The Amta and Sheakhala companies both prospered and by 1904 the shareholders were already getting dividends of 7 and 5 per cent respectively. By 1914 over 2,500,000 passengers were being carried annually on the two lines, and by 1928 the number was nearly 4,000,000. Working frequent trains through the streets of Howrah, each preceded by a runner with a bell to warn pedestrians, became a major headache and from September 26, 1939, after the Municipality had refused to renew the existing agreement, Kadamtala became the terminus and the line to Howrah Ghat was abandoned <ref name=Maiden/>.

The lines continued to operate privately long after Independence in 1947 <ref name=Martins/>, and this line was finally closed in 1971 <ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf “Indian Railway South Eastern - Notes and Sources” by Keith Scholey” ]; Retrieved 1 Sep 2016</ref>

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