c. clix) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the objective of introduction of railway transport in eastern Bengal and even to move into Burma.

[2][3] By the end of 1877 the company owned 43 steam locomotives, 180 coaches and 691 goods wagons.

[4] By 1936, the rolling stock had increased to 327 locomotives, 3 steam railcars, 1560 coaches and 13.781 freight wagons.

[6][7] The EBR was taken over by the Government of India in 1884 and renamed the Eastern Bengal State Railway.

[16] The portion of the system which fell within the boundary of erstwhile East Pakistan was named as Eastern Bengal Railway.

[18] In many parts of riverine eastern Bengal, with long stretches of low lands, the railways had to be built on embankments which hindered the free flow of water.

[19] The Indian part of EBR was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in 1990s to 2010s.