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'''Bengal Dooars Extensions Railway'''
'''Bengal Dooars Extensions Railway'''


State funded extension to '''[[Bengal Dooars Railway]]'''  
State funded metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) extension to '''[[Bengal Dooars Railway]]''' of 117 miles(187km) and passed to them on completion in 1898.
and passed them on completion.


Line opened 1898
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this tramway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 2 Apr 2016</ref>
gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -
 
*L/F/8/15/1039; "The Bengal Dooars Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of certain extensions and the management and working of the company's railways Secretary of State";2 Mar 1898  
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bengal Dooars Railway]]'''
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]

Latest revision as of 14:44, 2 April 2016

Bengal Dooars Extensions Railway

State funded metre gauge(MG) extension to Bengal Dooars Railway of 117 miles(187km) and passed to them on completion in 1898.

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this tramway [1] gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -

  • L/F/8/15/1039; "The Bengal Dooars Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of certain extensions and the management and working of the company's railways Secretary of State";2 Mar 1898

Further Information

See Bengal Dooars Railway

References