The Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line connects the Sealdah Main and North terminus of Kolkata with Ranaghat and Gede of Nadia district of West Bengal, India.

[7] Gunny bales, a major freight export commodity handled in this section, are loaded in Titagarh and Naihati, two historically important centres for jute mills in the area.

[3] Containers for export are loaded at the Cossipore Road Goods Shed which is connected to the line via the Kolkata Circular Railway.

[3] The major import commodities handled by this line are cement, fertilizer, food grains, containers, POL and coal for thermal power plants.

[3] The Eastern Bengal Railway (reporting mark :EBR) company was formed in 1857 for the construction and working of a line from Calcutta to Dacca, with a branch to Jessore.

[11] The construction of the 112 mi (180 km) long broad gauge line began in 1859 and was completed in stages up to Kushtia by 1864 but the planned branch to Jessore was not built.

[13] In 1871 the line was extended from Poradaha to a new ferry terminal at Goalundo Ghat, about 45 mi (72 km) east of Kushtia and reducing the river trip to Dacca.

The main line from Calcutta to Siliguri passes through the district, roughly from south to north; the distance from Kanchrapara on the southern boundary to Damukdia on the Padma is about 92 miles, and this section has 21 stations.

The Lal Gola branch takes off from Ranaghat junction; it passes in a north-westerly direction; the portion within the district is about 48 miles in length, and there are 8 stations upon it.

This branch traverses the Kalantar, which is the tract that is most liable to famine in the district and generally contains the lowest stock of food grains.

In the 1896-97 famine the supply of food suddenly gave out in this tract, and, in the absence of the railway, which had not then been constructed, the greatest difficulty was experienced in importing enough grain to prevent deaths from starvation.

The Goalundo branch takes off from Poradah"With the establishment of the first jute mill in India, the Acland Mill in Rishra in 1855 to having around 38 companies operating 30,685 looms, exporting a billion yards of cloth and over 450 million bags by 1910, the growth of the jute trade and industry around Kolkata was rapid.

It was developed as an integrated shop to carry out periodic repairs and overhauls to steam locomotives, wooden body carriage and wagons.

[19][20] Even after partition, two rail services namely the East Bengal Express, from Sealdah to Goalundo Ghat and East Bengal Mail from Sealdah to Parbatipur Junction, carrying both freight and passengers continued, with Gede and Darsana serving as custom check points, till 1965 when the services were snapped following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.