In 1913, the Hooghly-Katwa Railway constructed a wide broad gauge line from Bandel to Katwa, and the Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa Railway constructed the wide broad gauge Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa Loop Line [REF].
The long wide narrow gauge Ahmedpur Katwa Railway was opened in 1917 as part of Mc Leod's Light Railways and taken over by Eastern Railway in 1966.