| The Families In British India Society (FIBIS) is a self-help organisation devoted to members researching their British India family history and the background against which their ancestors led their lives in India under British rule. Let FIBIS help you break down those brick walls in your research |
Futwah-Islampur Light Railway: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
HughWilding (talk | contribs) New page |
HughWilding (talk | contribs) External link added |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
|gauge4= | |gauge4= | ||
|gauge4details= | |gauge4details= | ||
|timeline1date= | |timeline1date= 1922 | ||
|timeline1details= | |timeline1details= Line opened to traffic | ||
|timeline2date= | |timeline2date= | ||
|timeline2details= | |timeline2details= | ||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
|timeline3details= | |timeline3details= | ||
|timeline4date= 1986 | |timeline4date= 1986 | ||
|timeline4details= Nationalised, then closed | |timeline4details= Nationalised, then closed, converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic | ||
|timeline5date= | |timeline5date= | ||
|timeline5details= | |timeline5details= | ||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
|system1details= Worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]] | |system1details= Worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]] | ||
|system2date= | |system2date= | ||
|system2details= | |system2details= [[Indian Railways]] | ||
|system3date= | |system3date= | ||
|system3details= | |system3details= | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Futwah-Islampur Light Railway''' (FILR) was a narrow gauge (2' 6") branchline located to the west of [[Bihar]] and the east of [[Patna]]. | The '''Futwah-Islampur Light Railway''' (FILR) was a short narrow gauge (2' 6") branchline located to the west of [[Bihar]] and the east of [[Patna]]. | ||
The FILR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]]. | The FILR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]]. | ||
| Line 45: | Line 45: | ||
[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-nonir.html "Non-IR Railways in India"] ''Indian Railways Fan Club''. | [http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-nonir.html "Non-IR Railways in India"] ''Indian Railways Fan Club''. | ||
[http://www.irse.bravehost.com/irc.htm "History of Railway construction"] ''Indian Railways Service of Engineers'' [see "Martin & Co" in table]. | |||
[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Private Railways]] | [[Category:Private Railways]] | ||