Difference between revisions of "Cawnpore-Banda Railway"

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (remove irrelevant phrasing)
(Infobox added; 'Further Information' added; minor text changes)
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''Cawnpore-Banda Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, opened 1913-14 and worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR). The line from [[Juhi]] opened in 1913 and reached [[Khirada]] in 1914, a distance of 73 miles(116km)
+
{{Line Railways Infobox
 +
|image=
 +
|caption=
 +
|route= [[Juhi]] to [[Khirada]]
 +
|gauge1= Broad gauge
 +
|gauge1details=  73 miles (1914)
 +
|gauge2= 
 +
|gauge2details=
 +
|gauge3=
 +
|gauge3details=
 +
|gauge4=
 +
|gauge4details=
 +
|timeline1date= 1913 Apr
 +
|timeline1details=[[ Juhi]] to Hamirpur Road section opened
 +
|timeline2date=  1914 Jul
 +
|timeline2details=  Hamirpur Road to [[Khirada]] opened
 +
|timeline3date=
 +
|timeline3details=
 +
|timeline4date=
 +
|timeline4details= 
 +
|timeline5date=
 +
|timeline5details= 
 +
|presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
 +
|stations=  [[Juhi]] , [[Khirada]]
 +
|system1date= 1913
 +
|system1details= Worked by [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]             
 +
|system2date= 1915 Apr
 +
|system2details= Worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]
 +
|system3date=
 +
|system3details= 
 +
}}
 +
The '''Cawnpore-Banda Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line. The line from [[Juhi]] opened in 1913 and reached [[Khirada]] in 1914, a distance of 73 miles(116km)
  
The Cawnpore-Banda Railway was constructed and worked as a State line by the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR)  up to the 31 March 1915; thereafter the maintenance, management and working of the line was taken over by GIPR.
+
The Cawnpore-Banda Railway was constructed and worked as a State line by the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR)  up to the 31 March 1915. Thereafter the maintenance, management and working of the line was taken over by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR)
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n84/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 76]; Retrieved 31 Jan 1916</ref>
+
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n84/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 76]; Retrieved 31 Jan 1916</ref>.
 
 
The 'Classified list of gazetted establishment of Indian railways' records the Cawnpore-Banda Railway in the years 1914 and 1919.
 
  
 
==Records==
 
==Records==
Line 17: Line 46:
 
*'''L/F/8/1-20'''  "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK;  1855-1946"  
 
*'''L/F/8/1-20'''  "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK;  1855-1946"  
 
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2'''  "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
 
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2'''  "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
 +
 +
==Further Information==
 +
See '''[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]''' up to 1915, then '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 09:52, 21 February 2016

Cawnpore-Banda Railway
[[Image:|150px| ]]
Line of route
Juhi to Khirada
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 73 miles (1914)
Timeline
1913 Apr Juhi to Hamirpur Road section opened
1914 Jul Hamirpur Road to Khirada opened
Key locations
Presidency Bombay
Stations Juhi , Khirada
System agency
1913 Worked by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
1915 Apr Worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway
How to interpret this infobox

The Cawnpore-Banda Railway was a broad gauge(BG) line. The line from Juhi opened in 1913 and reached Khirada in 1914, a distance of 73 miles(116km)

The Cawnpore-Banda Railway was constructed and worked as a State line by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway(O&RR) up to the 31 March 1915. Thereafter the maintenance, management and working of the line was taken over by Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) [1].

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the 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 [2] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/17/1353 “Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, Contract for working the Cawnpore-Banda Railway”

This railway was worked by a State Railway and the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :-

  • L/F/8/1-20 "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
  • Z/L/F/8/1-2 "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"

Further Information

See Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway up to 1915, then Great Indian Peninsula Railway

References