in 1862, the eastern bengal railway opened a southward line from what was then known as beliaghata station to port canning. in the same year, the east bengal railway had opened its line from sealdah to kushtia. the east bengal railway was taken over by the government in 1887. services on the eastern side of hooghly river were unified under the eastern bengal state railway and after further amalgamation in 1942, the bengal assam railway.