View source for Bezwada Extension Railway

The '''Bezwada Extension Railway''' opened in 1889 as south west extension to the broad gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) network of [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]](NGSR).
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n108/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 100]; Retrieved 30 Jan 2016</ref>

Note - [[Bezwada]] is the present day Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. 

==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ 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
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search"]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref> gives 4 references. The most important being:- 
*'''L/F/8/20/1782'''  “His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, Memorandum of agreement for working of the Bezwada Extension Railway; 1933”
*'''L/F/7/2225'''  “Collection 370/68: Railways: Miscellaneous: Bezwada Extension Railway; 1930-36"

==Further Information==
See '''[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]]'''

== References ==
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[[Category:State Railways]]