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State funded metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) extension to '''[[Bengal Dooars Railway]]''' of 117 miles(187km) and passed to them on completion in 1898.
 
State funded metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) extension to '''[[Bengal Dooars Railway]]''' of 117 miles(187km) and passed to them on completion in 1898.
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==Records==
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An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this tramway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 2 Apr 2016</ref>
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gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -
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*L/F/8/15/1039; "The Bengal Dooars Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of certain extensions and the management and working of the company's railways Secretary of State";2 Mar 1898
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==Further Information==
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See '''[[Bengal Dooars Railway]]'''
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 14:44, 2 April 2016

Bengal Dooars Extensions Railway

State funded metre gauge(MG) extension to Bengal Dooars Railway of 117 miles(187km) and passed to them on completion in 1898.

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this tramway [1] gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -

  • L/F/8/15/1039; "The Bengal Dooars Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of certain extensions and the management and working of the company's railways Secretary of State";2 Mar 1898

Further Information

See Bengal Dooars Railway

References