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The Sealdah South lines are a set of four lines from Sealdah South station connecting Sealdah with Budge Budge, Diamond Harbour, Namkhana and Canning. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway. ==History== The 45 km long line from Calcutta to 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. Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway was formed in 1859 as a private company but was taken over by the government in 1868 after it incurred extensive losses because of floods and other problems. It was the first case in India of the railway being taken over by the state. The Diamond Harbour link was constructed by Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway in 1883.〔 The Budge Budge line was constructed in 1890.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian )〕 The Baruipur-Lakshikantapur line was opened in 1928.〔 It was extended up to Namkhana in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Travel: A Great Escape )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sealdah South lines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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