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Annual figures for track mileage constuction began to increase but further famines during the late 1870s (which struck at the GOI's ability to raise taxes) and the cost of the Second Afghan War again highlighted the need for further change. Once more, the British Government in Westminster sought to attract [[:Category:Private Railways|private capital]], and, if that failed, to provide [[:Category:Assisted Railways|direct assistance]]. At the same time, and in an effort to reduce the load on the Imperial budget, the GOI began to encourage the various independent Princely States to come forward with their own [[:Category:Indian States Railways|railway schemes]]. | Annual figures for track mileage constuction began to increase but further famines during the late 1870s (which struck at the GOI's ability to raise taxes) and the cost of the Second Afghan War again highlighted the need for further change. Once more, the British Government in Westminster sought to attract [[:Category:Private Railways|private capital]], and, if that failed, to provide [[:Category:Assisted Railways|direct assistance]]. At the same time, and in an effort to reduce the load on the Imperial budget, the GOI began to encourage the various independent Princely States to come forward with their own [[:Category:Indian States Railways|railway schemes]]. | ||
In one sense, all the railways in British India could be said to be 'assisted'. From the first experimental lines, the GOI provided all the land needed for the trackbed once a projected line had been surveyed and agreed to. In return for this concession, the GOI had insisted on a contractual clause allowing the GOI to assume ownership after 25 years. The East Indian Railway's agreement was due for renewal in 1874 but extended for five years. When it fell due again in 1879, the GOI exercised its option to acquire the line but chose not to pass the operation of the line to the Railway Branch. Instead it caused the EIR to be re-formed as a management company and promptly contracted the new company to operate the EIR. Thus was born the state-owned but privately worked railway which dominated the period 1880-1925. |
Revision as of 00:48, 16 May 2009
The continued slow pace and high cost of railway construction during the 1860s convinced the then Viceroy, Sir John Lawrence, that metre gauge offered significant advantages over broad gauge, such that the speed of laying track could be increased while driving down its cost. Also, that the only way to resolve the lack of risk capital was by direct Government involvement. Thus emerged the concept of the State Railway in the early 1870s - planned, built and run by the Government of India (GOI).
Annual figures for track mileage constuction began to increase but further famines during the late 1870s (which struck at the GOI's ability to raise taxes) and the cost of the Second Afghan War again highlighted the need for further change. Once more, the British Government in Westminster sought to attract private capital, and, if that failed, to provide direct assistance. At the same time, and in an effort to reduce the load on the Imperial budget, the GOI began to encourage the various independent Princely States to come forward with their own railway schemes.
In one sense, all the railways in British India could be said to be 'assisted'. From the first experimental lines, the GOI provided all the land needed for the trackbed once a projected line had been surveyed and agreed to. In return for this concession, the GOI had insisted on a contractual clause allowing the GOI to assume ownership after 25 years. The East Indian Railway's agreement was due for renewal in 1874 but extended for five years. When it fell due again in 1879, the GOI exercised its option to acquire the line but chose not to pass the operation of the line to the Railway Branch. Instead it caused the EIR to be re-formed as a management company and promptly contracted the new company to operate the EIR. Thus was born the state-owned but privately worked railway which dominated the period 1880-1925.
Pages in category "State Railways"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 407 total.
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- Madras (North-East) Railway
- Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
- Madras Railway
- Madras-Dhanushkodi Mainline
- Madras-Jalapet SW Mainline
- Madras-Waltair NE Mainline
- Madura-Bodinayakanur Railway
- Madura-Manamadura Section
- Madura-Pamban Railway
- Malwa Section BB&CIR Main Line
- Manamadura-Sivaganga Railway
- Mandra Bhaun Railway
- Manihari Branch Railway
- Mari Indus Railway
- Mari-Attock Railway
- Mariani Branch Railway
- Masharak-Thawe Extension Railway
- Mathura-Hathras Provincial Railway
- Mayavaram -Arantangi Railway
- Mayavaram Mutupet Railway
- Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway
- Mettupalaiyam Branch Line
- Mirza Chowki Branch Line EIR
- Moghalsarai-Gaya Line
- Mokameh Ghat Branch Line EIR
- Monghyr Branch Line EIR
- Morappur-Dharmapuri-Hosur Railway
- Moulmein-Ye Railway
- Mu Valley State Railway
- Mughalsarai-Gaya Railway
- Murshidabad Branch Railway
- Mushkaf-Bolan Railway
- Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway
- Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway
- Mymensingh-Jamalpur-Jagannath Railway
- Mysore State Railway
N
- Nagbhir-Nagpur Branch Railway
- Nagda-Mathura(Muttra) Railway
- Nagda-Muttra State Railway
- Naginimara Branch Railway
- Naginimora Branch Railway
- Nagore Branch Line
- Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
- Nagpur-Chhindwara Railway
- Nagpur-Rajnandgaon Railway
- Naihati Branch Line EIR
- Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway
- Nalhati State Railway
- Narayanganj-Dacca-Mymensingh State Railway
- Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway
- Neemuch State Railway
- Nilgiri Mountain Railway
- Nirmali Branch Railway
- Noakhali Branch Railway
- North West Provinces & Oudh Railway
- North Western Railway
- Northern Bengal State Railway
- Nowshera-Durgai Railway
- Nulhatee Railway
- Nushki Extension Railway
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P
- Palanpur-Deesa Railway
- Palghat Branch Line
- Pamban Branch Railway
- Pandra Branch Line EIR
- Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway
- Patipukur Loop Railway
- Patna & Gaya State Railway
- Patna Ghat Branch EIR
- Patna Railway
- Patna-Baraich Railway
- Patna-Gaya Branch Line EIR
- Patri Branch Line
- Patti-Kasur Railway
- Pench Valley Coalfield Railway
- Pollachi-Palghat Railway
- Pondicherry Branch (SIR)
- Poradaha Branch Railway
- Pradhankhanta-Pathardih Chord
- Pradhankhunta-Pathardihi Chord Line EIR
- Pulliarpati Quarry Branch Line
- Punjab Northern State Railway
- Purulia Ranchi Light Railway
- Pyinmana-Taungdwingyi Railway
Q
R
- Raipur-Dhamtari Railway
- Raipur-Vizianagram Branch Railway
- Raiti Branch Railway
- Rajmehal Branch Line EIR
- Rajpura-Bhatinda Railway
- Rajputana - Agra District Railway
- Rajputana - Delhi District Railway
- Rajputana-Malwa State Railway
- Rameswaram Branch Line
- Ranagat-Bangaon Railway
- Ranaghat-Bhagwangola Railway
- Ranaghat-Krishnagar Light Railway
- Ranaghat-Murshidabad Branch Railway
- Ranipet Branch Line
- Ratlam-Nagda Railway
- Rayauram Branch Line
- Rewari-Bhatinda-Fazilka Railway
- Rewari-Ferozepore Railway
- Rewari-Kuchaman Chord Railway
- Rewari-Phalera Chord Railway
- Rupar-Nalagarh Provincial State Railway
- Rutlam Neemuch Nusserbad Railway
S
- Sagauli-Raxaul Railway
- Sahibganj Loop EIR Line
- Sakri-Jainager Branch Railway
- Sakrigali Branch Line EIR
- Salanpur Branch Line EIR
- Salem-Vriddhachalam Railway
- Salsette Trombay Railway
- Samalkot Junction-Cocanada Branch Line
- Sambhar Lake Salt Branch Line
- Santahar-Siliguri Railway
- Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway
- Saoner-Khapa Branch Line BNR
- Satpura Railway
- Scindia-Neemuch Railway
- Scindia-Nimach State Railway
- Shahdara-Narowal Railway
- Shikohabad-Farukhabad Branch Line EIR
- Shoranur-Nilambur Railway
- Shorekot Road-Chichoki Railway
- Silchar Branch Railway
- Sind-Pishin State Railway
- Sind-Sagar Railway
- Sindia State Railway
- Sindia-Neemuch Railway
- Sindia-Neemuch State Railway
- Singhjani Branch Railway
- Sirhind-Rupar Railway
- Sittang Valley State Railway
- South Behar Railway
- South Indian Railway
- Southern Mahratta Railway
- Southern Shan States Railway
- State Railways
- Sukkur-Dadur Railway
- Sultangunge Ghat Branch Line EIR
- Surat-Bombay Railway
- Sutlej Valley Railway
- Sylhet Branch Railway
T
- Tangi Branch Railway
- Tangla Branch Railway
- Tank to Dera Ismail Khan Portable Railway
- Tarapur-Cambay State Railway
- Tari Ghat Branch Line EIR
- Tarkessur Branch Line EIR
- Teesta-Kurigram Railway
- Tenali-Repalle Railway
- Thal-Parachinar Railway
- Tinnevelly Branch Line
- Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway
- Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway
- Tirhoot State Railway
- Tirhut Railway
- Tirupattur-Krishnagiri Railway
- Tirutturaipundi -Point Calimere Railway
- Toposi-Barabani Chord EIR
- Toposi-Baraboni Chord Line
- Tounghoo-Mandalay Railway
- Trans Indus (Kalabagh-Bannu) Railway
- Trans-Baluchistan Railway
- Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway
- Trichinopoly-Tuticorin Railway
- Tumsar-Tirodi Light Railway
- Tuticorin Branch Line
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- Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway
- Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway
- Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section
- Villupuram-Nellore Railway
- Villupuram-Tiruvanamalai Railway
- Villupuram-Trichinopoly Railway
- Viramgam-Wadhwan Branch Line
- Virudhunagar-Tenkasi Railway
- Vizagapatam-Raipur Railway
- Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway