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The '''Pachora-Jamner Light Railway''', | The '''Pachora-Jamner Light Railway''', was sanctioned for construction by the Pachora-Jamner Railway Company in 1915 to link [[Pachora]] to [[Jamner]], a length of 34 miles( km) with a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway | ||
<ref> [https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n88/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 80]; Retrieved 26 Jan 1916</ref>. | |||
The line opened in 1918-19. | |||
The line was owned by [[Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd]]; worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) | The line was owned by [[Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd]]; worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR). The GIPR came under Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) management from 1925. | ||
management from 1925. | |||
==Records== | |||
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ 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]] | |||
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved Jan 2016</ref> gives the following: - | |||
*'''L/F/8/19/1454''' “Pachora-Jamner Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of a railway from Pachora to Jamner; 1919" | |||
*'''L/F/8/20/1601''' “Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, Draft contract as to working and maintenance of a railway from Pachora to Jamner; 1921" | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd]]''' and '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Private Railways]] | [[Category:Private Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]] | |||