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[[File: Nalhati-Azimganj Railway.png|thumb| Nalhati-Azimganj Railway]]The '''Nalhati-Azimganj Railway''' was the original section of the line constructed in 1863 by the [[Indian Branch Railway| ‘Indian Branch Railway Company’]]. Also referred to as the ''''[[Nulhati-Murshidibad Tramway]]'''' in some early records. The line used a 4ft(1222mm) [[Rail_gauge_#4 foot Gauge|unique rail gauge]] and the total length was 17 ran from [[Nalhati]] only far as [[Azimganj]], a distance of 27 miles(27km43 km)<ref>[https://archive. org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n64/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 55 (pdf64)]; Retrieved 7 May 2017</ref>. The [[Indian Branch Railway|‘Indian Branch Railway Company’]] was purchased by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1872 and the line was renamed the '''[[Nalhati State Railway]]'''.<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/BejvG_1000695561/163 "Bengal District Gazetteer - Mukshidabad" by L S S O’Malley, Indian Civil Service, Calcutta . Pages 150-151]; Retrieved 24 Dec 2015</ref>

Worked by ‘'''Nulhatee Railway'''’ is the name used in the [[Oudh Annual_Administration_Reports_for_Railways#1870-71_Report_on_Railways |‘Administration Report for India 1871-72’]] to describe this line. “This line has become one of what are denominated ‘State’ lines, Government having purchased it for 30,000/. from the Oude and Rohilkhand Rohilkund Company. It was constructed by this company on a 4' 0" gauge as the Indian Branch Railway]](OCompany” <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP561g=GBS.RA6-PA12&RR)pg=GBS.RA13-PA36 Google Books pdf page 561 and British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/PARL/2/100 “Railways in India for the year 1871-72” by Juland Danvers , 1863Government Director of the Indian Railways -72.presented to both Houses of Parliament; Paras 82-83; pages 36-37]; Retrieved 23 Jun 2018</ref>

The Indian Branch Railway Company was purchased by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1872 and the line was renamed '''Nalhati State Railway'''. The track was subsequently converted to 5 ft 6 in(1,676 mm) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]). The line was leased to [[East Indian Railway]] (EIR), 1892 and later absorbed into the EIR network.==Further Information==