Tirhoot State Railway
| Tirhoot State Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:|150px| ]] | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Semaria Ghat to Muzaffarpur | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 566 miles (1905) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1874 | Construction work begun | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | ||
| System agency | ||
| 1890 | Bengal and North-Western Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Tirhoot State Railway (TSR) was one of the first metre gauge(MG) railways promoted by the Government of India(GoI).
History
The Tirhoot State Railway (TSR) was originally named Tirhut Railway as a temporary famine relief line in 1874 and owned by the Provincial Government. Ownership is believed to have been later transferred to the Government of India. The railway was worked by the GoI as part of the Indian State Railways from opening to late 1886 and then by Tirhoot State Railway (TSR) from late 1886 to 30th June 1890. [1]
TSR was then worked by Bengal and North Western Railway (B&NWR) from 1st July 1890.
TSR was merged into the Oudh and Tirhut Railway on 1st January 1943
Branch Railways of TSR
- Nirmali Branch Railway (Metre gauge: 45 miles) - Opened as Darbhanga State Railway 1883-84; became Nirmali Branch of Tirhoot Railway; worked by B&NWR 1886-1890; then Tirhoot State Railway (TSR)
- Sakri-Jainager Branch Railway ( Metre gauge: 30 miles) - opened 14 January 1905
- Jaynagar Branch - opened 14 January 1905
- Patna branch (Metre gauge: 1 mile) - opened 1884
- Samastipur-Narkatiaganj loop (Metre gauge: 142 miles) - opened 1875
- Jaynagar branch (Metre gauge: 30 miles) - opened 1905
- Bhiknathori branch (Metre gauge: 21 miles) - opened 1906
- Semaria Ghat branch (Metre gauge: 7 miles) - opened 1 May 1883
- Jaynagar branch (Metre gauge: 30 miles) - opened 1905
- Supaul branch (Metre gauge: 45 miles) - opened 1907
- Madhepura branch (Metre gauge: 12 miles) - opened 1908, extended 1918
- Budhamghat branch (Metre gauge: 14 miles) - opened 1908
Lines worked by TSR
- Segowlie-Raxaul Railway – Privately owned; opened 1899 and worked by B&NWR; Absorbed by Tirhoot State Railway c.1920
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/8/20/1749 “Bengal and North-Western Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of new extensions of the Bengal and North-Western and Tirhoot State Railway systems; 1928"
