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|route= [[Howrah]] to [[SheakhallaSheakhala]]

|stations= [[Howrah]], [[SheakhallaSheakhala]]

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 [[SheakhallaSheakhala]].<refname=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 5 Feb 1 Sep 2016</ref>.  '''Spelling'''*Sheakhalla, is the spelling used in all documentation relating to the ‘Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway Company’, hence we use this for the name of the railway.*Sheakhala, is the spelling used five times in the the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] which we use as the definitive spelling, it also in Wikimapia, hence we use this for the town name.*Siakhala, is used on Google Maps*Shiakhala, is used in Wikipedia <ref name=Martins/>, the spelling appears to be in error.  

<refname=Martins>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways Wikipedia “Martin's Light Railways” ]; Retrieved 1 Sep 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=Martins/>. On the 19 Jun 1895 the ‘Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway Company’ was formed and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways"]] (MLR).  The first 2½ miles(4km) from Telkal Ghat on the Hooghly river was owned by [[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]] to Kadamtala station and also used by the Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway, both being worked by MLR.  Here the lines separated with the Howrah-Amta line running west, chiefly along the side of the Jagatballabhpur road, and then went south-west to [[Amta]].  The Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway started from Kadamtala station running north-west along the Benares road to the border of the district, and thence to [[Sheakhala]] in the Hooghly district. <ref name=Martins/>.  The Howrah- Sheakhalla Railway line from Kadamtala was reached [[Sheakhala]] in November 1897, a line length of 17.3 miles(28km) and the Chanditala-Janai Branch Line of 2.4 miles(3.8km) opened in 1898 <ref name=Admin/>. 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 18 Dec 20151 Sep 2016</ref>