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3 unusual facts about East Indian Railway Company


East Indian Railway Company

The sections from Luckee Sarai to Danapore and Danapore to Mughal Sarai was completed in the meantime.

On 14 April 1952, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated two new zones of the first six zones of the Indian Railways.

Kolkata Circular Railway

These were built during the early EIR period when the river Hooghly was navigable to this area.


Bengal Nagpur Railway

While one track lead to Nagpur, the other to Jabalpur to connect with the East Indian Railway line from Allahabad to Jabalpur, thereby connecting Mumbai and Kolkata.


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