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== External Links ==
*"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines "Sealdah South Lines"] Wikipedia
Links to 'Port Canning' added, External Links removed with References added
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The '''Calcutta and South Eastern Railway''' (CSER) was formed in 1859 for "the construction and working of a line from Calcutta to the Port of the Mutlah* - length, about 29 miles(45 km). Capital 250,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent" <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>."
''*Note this refers to a Port on the Matla River - later known as [[Port Canning Rice Mill Tramway|Port Canning]]''
The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning Rice Mill Tramway|Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway', was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to Canning on the Matla River<ref>[https://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South Lines" ] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref>
The '''[[Diamond Harbour Line Railway]]''' link was constructed by Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway in 1883.
In 1868 the company sold the line to the Indian government (management then being leased to the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]), and the company was dissolved in March 1870.
<ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"]; page 121, paragraph 3.26. ] Retrieved on 2 January 201610Oct 2017</ref>
== Records ==
*[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1861_Thackers:_Calcutta_and_South_Eastern_Railway 1861 Thackers Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Personnel]
*[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1872_Thackers:_Calcutta_and_South_Eastern_Railway 1872 Thackers Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Personnel]
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