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The '''West of India Portuguese Railway''' (WIPR) ran from was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line linking the port of [[Marmagao]]/Mormugao (in the Portuguese enclave of [[Goa]]) via [[Castle Rock]] to [[Londa]], junction with the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] (SMR).<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 94]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>
== History ==
In 1902, with the metre gauge line on the verge of bankruptcy, the Portuguese leased the railway to the SMR <sup>1</sup> which set up the WIPR to manage it. With Independence, operation of the WIPR passed to [[Indian Railways]] and, in 1951, to [[Southern Railway]].<sup>2</sup> Between 1955 and 1961, the lines within the enclave reverted to Portuguese control. In 1963, the railway was once more taken over by Indian Railways' Southern Railway.<sup>3</sup>
With Independence, operation of the WIPR passed to [[Indian Railways]] and, in 1951, to [[Southern Railway]].<sup>2</sup> Between 1955 and 1961, the lines within the enclave reverted to Portuguese control. In 1963, the railway was once more taken over by Indian Railways' Southern Railway.<sup>3</sup>
== Records ==
Unfortunately, there are no Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]].
== Notes ==
<sup>3</sup> [http://mormugaoport.gov.in/landmark.htm "Landmark events of the past seventy years"], ''Mormugao Port Trust'' (accessed 25 November 2008).
== References ==
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[[Category:Foreign Railways]]
