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The '''Poradaha Branch Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, constructed c.1880 by the [[Northern Bengal State Railway]](NBSR) but worked by East Bengal Railway (EBR). The line linked [[Poradaha]] on the EBR mainline via the [[Sara Train Ferry]] to the NBSR line from [[Sara Ghat]] running northwards.
The EBR had extended the BG line from [[Poradaha]] eastwards to the steamer terminus at [[Goalundo]] on the right bank of the River Ganges (+''see note''+) <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_282.gif
Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7, p. 276]; Retrieved 4 Dec 2016</ref>. This line proved so profitable to the EBR that its directors rejected any proposal for a northward extension towards [[Siliguri]] and onward to [[Darjeeling]] <ref name=IR(DHR)>[http://rrbportal.com/indian-railways/DHR “ Indian Railways website” Indian Railways: Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR)” ]; Retrieved 4 Dec 2016</ref>.
Thus it was left to the state-owned Northern Bengal Railway (NBR) to lay a track of 13 miles(21km) from [[Poradaha]] to [[Damukdiya]] on the right bank of the River Ganges (+''see note''+) (13 miles) <ref name=IR(DHR)/>. The EBR worked this section known as the '''Poradaha Branch Railway'''as a part of its BG network.
At [[Damukdiya]] the [[Sara Train Ferry]], operated by EBR, crossed to [[Sara Ghat]] on the left bank to connect to the [[Northern Bengal State Railway]](NBSR) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line to [[Siliguri]], a length of 197 miles/315km) <ref name=IR(DHR)/>. At [[Siliguri]] , in the foothills of the Himilayas, there was a connection with the [[Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]] (which opened 1879-81). This enabled direct access from [[Calcutta]] to [[Darjeeling]].
In 1887 the NBSR was amalgamated into EBR. The BG section from [[Poradaha]] to [[Damukdiya]] becoming the EBR ‘Poradah Branch Line’ and the MG section as part of the EBR MG network from [[Sara Ghat]] northwards to [[Santahar]] and [[Parbatipur]].
In 1915 the [[Hardinge Bridge]] was opened thus eliminating the [[Sara Train Ferry]].
<blockquote>''+ Note. Ganges River - The river between the west side of Bangladesh and its confluence with the Jamuna was previously called the Ganges, and is now referred to as the Padma. The Ganga is an alternative name.'' </blockquote>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
The EBR had extended the BG line from [[Poradaha]] eastwards to the steamer terminus at [[Goalundo]] on the right bank of the River Ganges (+''see note''+) <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_282.gif
Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7, p. 276]; Retrieved 4 Dec 2016</ref>. This line proved so profitable to the EBR that its directors rejected any proposal for a northward extension towards [[Siliguri]] and onward to [[Darjeeling]] <ref name=IR(DHR)>[http://rrbportal.com/indian-railways/DHR “ Indian Railways website” Indian Railways: Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR)” ]; Retrieved 4 Dec 2016</ref>.
Thus it was left to the state-owned Northern Bengal Railway (NBR) to lay a track of 13 miles(21km) from [[Poradaha]] to [[Damukdiya]] on the right bank of the River Ganges (+''see note''+) (13 miles) <ref name=IR(DHR)/>. The EBR worked this section known as the '''Poradaha Branch Railway'''as a part of its BG network.
At [[Damukdiya]] the [[Sara Train Ferry]], operated by EBR, crossed to [[Sara Ghat]] on the left bank to connect to the [[Northern Bengal State Railway]](NBSR) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line to [[Siliguri]], a length of 197 miles/315km) <ref name=IR(DHR)/>. At [[Siliguri]] , in the foothills of the Himilayas, there was a connection with the [[Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]] (which opened 1879-81). This enabled direct access from [[Calcutta]] to [[Darjeeling]].
In 1887 the NBSR was amalgamated into EBR. The BG section from [[Poradaha]] to [[Damukdiya]] becoming the EBR ‘Poradah Branch Line’ and the MG section as part of the EBR MG network from [[Sara Ghat]] northwards to [[Santahar]] and [[Parbatipur]].
In 1915 the [[Hardinge Bridge]] was opened thus eliminating the [[Sara Train Ferry]].
<blockquote>''+ Note. Ganges River - The river between the west side of Bangladesh and its confluence with the Jamuna was previously called the Ganges, and is now referred to as the Padma. The Ganga is an alternative name.'' </blockquote>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
