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The '''East Coast State Railway''' (ECSR) ==History==In 1899 the Survey of Rail line was a guaranteed company formed in 1890 to undertake ordered by the running Government of the line built between [[BhopalMadras]], and undertaken by the the [[GwaliorPublic Works Department]] and (PWD) . The construction of this broad gauge([[CawnporeRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, and named the East Coast Railway, was sanctioned in 1889-90 - see 'Personnel'.
== Characteristics ==[[File:East Coast Railway - Northern Section.png|thumb| East Coast Railway - Northern Section]]
Unfortunately, there are no ECSR Staff appointments held in the '''Other records'''*[[India Office RecordsRobert Richard Gales]] at the , between 1895-1900, [[British LibraryEast Coast State Railway]]Assistant Manager <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1922_Who's_Who_In_Engineering:_Name_G Grace's Guide "Who's Who 1922"]; Retrieved 19 Jul 2016</ref>.
→History: Section rewritten with maps and 'References'
The '''East Coast State Railway''' (ECSR) was a guaranteed company formed in 1890 to undertake the construction and working of a railway line on the from [[Bezwada]](Vijaywada) junction point of [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] and to join the [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]] at [[Cuttack]]. It also provided an interchange with the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) [[Bellary-Kistna State Railway]] at Kistna south of the river Kistna.
The route included the construction of the [[Kistna Bridge, Bezwada(ECR)| Kistna Bridge at Bezwada]] to cross the River Kistna. This bridge was designed by Sir [[Alexander Meadows Rendel|Alexander Rende]]l with [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring|F J E Spring]] as Engineer-in-Chief and [[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]] as Executive Engineer on construction.
The ECSR opened the line from [[Cuttack]] via Khurda Road to [[Puri]] in 1893, having had a comparatively brief existence before being absorbed by the [[Bengaldivided:-Nagpur Railway]] (1902) and the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]].
'''ECSR Northern Section'''
The ECSR opened the first section from [[Vizianagaram]] to [[Waltair]], 38 miles in 1893 in 1893; extended northwards to reach [[Cuttack]] in 1897 via Naupada, Berhampur, Ganjam and Kurdha to [[Cuttack]] . Total length 294 miles(470km). <ref name =AdminBNR>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n91/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 3 (pdf11)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>
*’Naupada Salt Branch’ , a short line 2.4 miles(3.8km) from Parlakimedi Road (Naupada) ]] <ref name =AdminBNR/>.
*’Puri Branch’, opened 1897, 27 miles(43km) from Khurda to [[Puri]] ]].<ref name =AdminBNR/>.
In 1902 the ECSR was divided with the Northern Section being transferred to the '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]''' (BNR ).
'''ECSR Southern Section'''
[[File:East Coast Railway - Southern Section.png|thumb| East Coast Railway - Southern Section]]
The ECSR opened the section southwards from [[Waltair]] to [[Rajahmundry]] in 1893. Also in 1893 from [[Bezwada ]] northwards to Kovvur. The line was completed in 1900 with the opening of the [[Havelock Bridge]] over the Godavari River connecting [[Rajahmundry]] to Kovvur. The line length was 217 miles(436km) <ref name =AdminM&SMR>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n91/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 82 (pdf91)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>
In 1901 the Southern Section was transferred to the '''[[Madras Railway]]'''(MR) in 1901; subsequently renamed [[Madras (North-East) Railway]]; becoming the [[Madras-Waltair NE Mainline]] of the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) in 1908.
== Records ==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] 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 5 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*L/F/8/16/1091; "Bengal-Nagpur Railway, Contract as to taking over a part of East Coast State Railway and construction of extensions and branch lines"; 23 Jan 1902
*L/F/8/16/1104; "Madras Railway Company, Contract as to maintenance, management and working of a portion of the East Coast Railway by the Company"; 31 Dec 1902
==PersonnelRecords==
Unfortunately, there are no ECSR Staff appointments held in the [[India Office Records|IORecords]].
'''1905 India List''' records the following staff from the [[Public Works Department]] posted to the East Coast State Railway (ECSR)<ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>:-
*Survey and Construction
**[[Henry Wilkins Clift]], 1889, ECSR Survey, Executive Enginner <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA456 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 456 (pdf page 419)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
**[[Bernard Baxter]], 1889, ECSR Executive Engineer in Madras <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA435 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 435 (pdf page 398)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
** [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]], 1890, ECSR Engineer-in-Chief <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA618 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" pages 618 (pdf page 581)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>
**[[Frank Haman Walford Morse]], 1890, ECSR Survey, Executive Engineer and in 1894, Executive Engineer on open sections of line <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 571 (pdf page 534)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
**[[Abel John Oldham]], 1890, ECSR Executive Engineer <ref > India Civil List 1890, page 41</ref>.
*Management
**[[Alfred Brereton]], 1893, ECSR Manager and Engineer-in-Chief <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA448 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 448 (pdf page 411)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
**[[Willoughby Verner Constable]], 1898, ECSR Manager
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
