Calcutta and South Eastern Railway
From Graces Guide
A 38 mile railway line, connecting Calcutta and the the port of Canning Town, on the Mutlah
The line was constructed by a guaranteed company.
1868 James Atkinson Longridge and George Barclay Bruce, Consulting Engineers; Arthur Shanks, Resident Engineer.[1]
1868 Put under the control of the Government of India - the first line acquired by the Indian State Railways; it was operated by the Eastern Bengal State Railway
1870 Major F. S. Taylor, R.E., introduced a new system of working arrangement based on American management practice.
1887 Merged into the Eastern Bengal State Railway
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1868 Bradshaw's Railway Manual