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'''Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd (CPR)'''
'''Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd (CPR)'''


A British owned company operating a group of narrow gauge lines; all worked by [[GIPR|Great Indian Peninsular Railway]] (GIPR), under [[Government of India]] (GOI) management from 1925.
A British owned company operating a group of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines; all worked by [[GIPR|Great Indian Peninsular Railway]](GIPR), under Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) management from 1925.
Killick, Nixon and Company, set up in 1857, created the Central Provinces Railway Company (CPR) to act as its agents.


The group of lines operated by CPR comprising:-
[[Killick, Nixon & Company]], set up in 1857, had created the Central Provinces Railway Company (CPR) to act as its agents. In fact the lines are still owned today by the London based company Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd (CPR), however grouped under Central Railway of Indian Railways since 1952 which operate them on lease, extended from time to time.


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==CPR Lines==
[[Achalpur(Ellichpur)-Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway]] Owned by Central Provinces Railway Co(qv); known informally as [['Shakuntala Railway']]


[[Murtajapur-Ellichpur Railway]]; see above - part of Achalpur-Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway; opened 1913-14
The group of NG lines owned by CPR and operated by GIPR as part of the GIPR - NG network, comprising:-


[[Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway]]; see above - part of Achalpur-Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway; opened 1913-14
*[[Ellichpur-Murtazapur-Yeotmal Railway]], owned by Central Provinces Railway Co; known informally as '''[[Shakuntala Railway]]'''. First section from Murtazapur to Yeotmal opened 1903; section from Murtajapur to Ellichpur opened 1913-14
*[[Yavatmal Murtijapur Railway]]; opened 1903
*[[Pulgaon-Arvi Railway]]; opened 1917-18
*[[Pachora-Jamner Light Railway]]; opened 1919
*[[Darwha-Pusad Railway]]; opened 1931


[[Dhond-Baramati Railway]]; opened 1914-15
Also worked alongside CPR:-
*[[Dhond-Baramati Railway]]; opened 1914-15 was seperately owned by the Dhond-Baramati Railway Company


[[Pulgaon-Arvi Railway]]; opened 1917-18
==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]]


[[Pachora-Jamner Light Railway]]; opened 1919
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  22 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the only the following: -
*'''L/F/8/19/1434 ''' “Central Provinces Railways Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of the Pulgaon-Arvi Railway supplemental to contract dated 27th March 1916 for construction of the Ellichpur-Murtajapur-Yeotmal Railway; 1917”


[[Darwha-Pusad Railway]]; opened 1931
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways‎]]

Latest revision as of 14:13, 15 August 2016

Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd (CPR)

A British owned company operating a group of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) lines; all worked by Great Indian Peninsular Railway(GIPR), under Government of India(GoI) management from 1925.

Killick, Nixon & Company, set up in 1857, had created the Central Provinces Railway Company (CPR) to act as its agents. In fact the lines are still owned today by the London based company Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd (CPR), however grouped under Central Railway of Indian Railways since 1952 which operate them on lease, extended from time to time.

CPR Lines

The group of NG lines owned by CPR and operated by GIPR as part of the GIPR - NG network, comprising:-

Also worked alongside CPR:-

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 [1] gives the only the following: -

  • L/F/8/19/1434 “Central Provinces Railways Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of the Pulgaon-Arvi Railway supplemental to contract dated 27th March 1916 for construction of the Ellichpur-Murtajapur-Yeotmal Railway; 1917”

References

  1. ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016
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