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IOR Reference and text added - from Steve Moore's research |
1937 Report info added, Classification added and Infobox edit |
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|route= [[Bankura]] to [[Rainagar]] | |route= [[Bankura]] to [[Rainagar]] | ||
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG | |gauge1= 2' 6" NG | ||
|gauge1details= 60 miles | |gauge1details= 60 miles | ||
|gauge2= | |gauge2= | ||
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|gauge4= | |gauge4= | ||
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|timeline1date= 1916 | |timeline1date= 1916-17 | ||
|timeline1details= Opened to traffic | |timeline1details= Opened to traffic | ||
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A Contract dated 9 Sep 1918 confirming the arrangements was made between the Secretary of State for India, and the Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company, Limited, Calcutta of the other part. Messrs. McLeod & Company are stated as the promoters of the Company. The Company officials are given as Messrs J J Godfrey, General Manager, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta ; E W Bowrey; Colin C Guliland. This Contract has been transcribed by FIBIS <ref>British Library’ Indian Office Records’ IOR/L/F/8/19/1442 “Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction" </ref> | A Contract dated 9 Sep 1918 confirming the arrangements was made between the Secretary of State for India, and the Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company, Limited, Calcutta of the other part. Messrs. McLeod & Company are stated as the promoters of the Company. The Company officials are given as Messrs J J Godfrey, General Manager, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta ; E W Bowrey; Colin C Guliland. This Contract has been transcribed by FIBIS <ref>British Library’ Indian Office Records’ IOR/L/F/8/19/1442 “Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction" </ref> | ||
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1916-17 through to 1936-37 | |||
<ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 262 pdf 305]; Retrieved 26 Jul 2020</ref>. | |||
In 1967, ownership of the BDRR was transferred to a zone of [[Indian Railways]], [[South Eastern Railway]], which began converting the line to broad gauge in 2000. | In 1967, ownership of the BDRR was transferred to a zone of [[Indian Railways]], [[South Eastern Railway]], which began converting the line to broad gauge in 2000. | ||
== Classification == | |||
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system. | |||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||