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The '''Agra-Delhi Chord Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line built to provide extra track capacity between [[Agra]] and [[Delhi]]. The line was worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).
<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 58 ]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015</ref>
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” which 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]]
This railway was one of the State Railways and the following IOR records are held.
<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/railwayemployment/railway.html IOR Railway Employment Records]; Retrieved 8 Jan 2016</ref>
*'''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"
== References ==
