Walajah Road-Ranipet Railway
The Walajah Road-Ranipet Railway was a short broad gauge(BG) 4 mile (6km) branch line of Madras Railway(MR) linking Ranipet to the ‘Madras-Jalapet SW Mainline' at Walajah Road (3km from Walajapet and 5km from Arcot) [1], opened on 1 July 1856 [2] and was recorded in 1899 in the North Arcot section of the "Gazetteer of South India" [3].
The IOR [4] Catalogue gives a Contract, dated 1 November 1901 with the remark 'Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet'
MR became Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) in 1908
Records
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library Available as digitial pdf or paper guide.
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [4] gives the following: -
- L/F/8/15/1088 “ Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet; 1901"
Further Information
See Madras Railway up to 1908
and Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway from 1908
References
- ↑ Wikipedia “Walajapet”; Retrieved 5 Jan 2017
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 81 (pdf 90); Retrieved 5 Jan 2017
- ↑ Google Books "Gazetteer of South India" by W.Francis; Volume 1; page 14 Reproduced in 1988; Retrieved 19 October 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 28 Jan 2016
