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.
"[1] The rail link was permanently suspended at the outbreak of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
[2][3] Eastern Bengal Railway opened the line from Calcutta to Goalundo, on the southern bank of the Padma in 1871.