Old days. There was a Bheramara-Damukdia-Jalangi-Lalgola Ghat Line during 1940s. After partition Bheramara-Damukdia line was dismantled while Damukdia-Jalangi-Lalgola Ghat line was washed away in 1948 Floods.
Darjeeling mail used to depart at 17.45 hrs from Sealdah that time, taking 11 hrs to complete 520 kms journey to Siliguri via Gede-Poradaho-Iswardi-Santahar-Parbatipur. Amnura train was Rajshahi Express, which used to depart Sealdah at 18.45 hrs, arriving Amnura & Godagari Ghat at 04.45 am, with a BG link train to Katihar via Rohanpur-Singhabad-Bulbulchandi-Malda Court-Kumedpur. 07.45 hrs train to Siliguri was called North Bengal Express, which used to take 13 hours to complete the journey, with a MG Link train to Katihar via Parbatipur-Dinajpur-Barsoi-Mukuria. Assam Mail which departed Sealdah at 13.00 hrs was continuation of...
more... the train which arrived Sealdah at 10.30 hrs from Delhi. Assam Mail was BG train in Delhi - Sealdah-Santahar & MG train from Santahar-Bogura-Kaunia-Gitaldaha-Golakganj-Bongaigaon-Rangiya & terminated at Amingaon. 21.10 hrs departing East Bengal Express was Sealdah-Goalundo Train, with a Link train to Parbatipur was East Bengal Mail.
please wait...Translate to EnglishBack in the day, there used to be a train line called Bheramara-Damukdia-Jalangi-Lalgola Ghat Line in the 1940s. But after the partition, they got rid of the Bheramara-Damukdia line, and the Damukdia-Jalangi-Lalgola Ghat line got destroyed in the 1948 floods.
The Darjeeling mail used to leave Sealdah at 17:45, and it would take around 11 hours to finish the 520 km journey to Siliguri via Gede-Poradaho-Iswardi-Santahar-Parbatipur. There was also the Amnura train, which was called Rajshahi Express. It used to leave Sealdah at 18:45 and arrive at Amnura & Godagari Ghat at 04:45 am. From there, it would connect to a train to Katihar via Rohanpur-Singhabad-Bulbulchandi-Malda Court-Kumedpur.
There was a train at 07:45 to Siliguri called the North Bengal Express, but it took a whopping 13 hours to complete the journey. It would connect to a MG link train to Katihar via Parbatipur-Dinajpur-Barsoi-Mukuria.
The Assam Mail, which left Sealdah at 13:00, was actually a continuation of the train that arrived in Sealdah from Delhi at 10:30. Assam Mail was a BG train from Delhi to Santahar and then an MG train from Santahar to Bogura-Kaunia-Gitaldaha-Golakganj-Bongaigaon-Rangiya, and it would end at Amingaon.
Lastly, there was the East Bengal Express, which left at 21:10. It was a Sealdah-Goalundo train, with a link train to Parbatipur known as the East Bengal Mail.