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The '''East Bengal Express''' was one of three [[train]]s operated between [[India]] and [[East Pakistan]]. The rail link was suspended at the outbreak of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].
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==Overview==
Prior to 1965, when armed conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, rail links existed between India and East Pakistan. Three trains ran between the two countries carrying goods and passengers: (1) East Bengal Express between [[Sealdah]] and [[Goalundo Ghat]] via [[Gede, Nadia|Gede]]-[[Darshana, Chuadanga, Bangladesh|Darshana]] (2) [[East Bengal Mail]] between Sealdah and [[Parbatipur Junction]] via [[Gede, Nadia|Gede]]-[[Darshana, Chuadanga, Bangladesh|Darshana]], and (3) [[Barisal Express]] between Sealdah and [[Khulna]] via [[Petrapole]]-[[Benapole]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.idsa-india.org/an-mar9-8.html |title = India-Bangladesh Transportation Links: A Move for Closer Cooperation |last= Sangeeta Thapliyal | publisher= | access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-inter.html |title = Geography - International |last= |first= | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref>

==History==
[[Eastern Bengal Railway]] opened the line from Calcutta to Goalundo, on the southern bank of the [[Padma River|Padma]]  in 1871.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web| url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title = Indian Railway History timeline| last = R.P.Saxena| access-date = 2011-12-10| archive-url = https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date = 14 July 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Goalundo===
Here is a brief on the importance of Goalundo Ghat in earlier years:  "If one goes from Calcutta to Dacca the rail journey is broken at Goalundo and from there to Narayanganj is continued by steamer. The night mail from Calcutta deposits one at Goalundo in the early hours of the morning...  It (Goalundo) is situated at the junction of the Padma, or Ganges, and the Brahmaputra, and daily services of steamers connect it with the railway systems at Narayanganj and Chandpur, and with the steamer services to Madaripur, Barisal, Sylhet, and Cachar. There are also daily services of steamers up the Padma to Digha Ghat in the dry season, and Buxar in the rains, and up the Brahmaputra to Dibrugarh. From that it will be seen that Goalundo occupies a very strong strategic position in the waterways of Bengal, a position which has been made much stronger by railway development."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/goalundo-hooghly-himalayas.html |title = Goalundo Ghat - From the Hooghly to the Himalayas (1913) |last= |first= | publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 2011-12-10 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1871 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Kolkata]]


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