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1937 Admin info, Statistics and Classification added
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>
==HSLR System==
The following is the progress in opening<ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 284 pdf 327]; Retrieved 1 Aug 2020</ref>:-
* ‘Main Line’
** Telkul Ghat(Howrah) to Kadamtala, 2 miles(km), opened 1897 . Owned by the ‘[[Howrah-Amta Light Railway']]’ and running powers granted to the HSLR
** Kadamtala to Sheakhala via Chanditala and Kistrampur, 17 miles, opened 1897
* Janai Branch
** Chanditala to Jahai, 2.4 miles(4km), opened 1898
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937/>
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==Stations==
