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The '''Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway''' was owned by a branch company but worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR).  
The '''Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway''' was owned by a branch company but worked by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR). The line was metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]).


On 1st April 1904, the state took over the enterprise, merging it into the parent railway.
On 1st April 1904, the State took over the enterprise, merging it into EBR.


It comprised two sections opened in 1899/1900
It comprised two sections opened in 1899/1900
* Santahar to Bonarpara, MG, 51 miles(81km)
* [[Santahar]] to [[Bonarpara]], 51 miles(81km)
* Phulchari Branch from Bonarpara to Phulchari MG 8, miles(14km)
* [[Phulchari Branch Railway]] from [[Bonarpara]] to [[Phulchari]], 8 miles(14km)


These lines became the first part of the EBR's [[Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway]] when the system was extended in 1905
These lines became the first part of the EBR's [[Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway]] when the system was extended to Kaunia in 1905
<ref>Indian Railway Raj Safari 1a - Keith Scholey</ref>


==External Link==
==Records==
Railway Raj Safari 1a - Keith Scholey
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  21 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/15/1029 ''' “A Syndicate of Promoters, Contract for the formation of the Brahmaputra Sultanpur Branch Railway Company Limited;  1896”
== Further Information==
This railway was absorbed into the EBR in 1904.
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]'''
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway]]'''(EBR) for further information and, in particular, IOR records relating to Staff employment.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
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[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]

Latest revision as of 16:21, 4 February 2019

The Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway was owned by a branch company but worked by the Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR). The line was metre gauge(MG).

On 1st April 1904, the State took over the enterprise, merging it into EBR.

It comprised two sections opened in 1899/1900

These lines became the first part of the EBR's Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway when the system was extended to Kaunia in 1905 [1]

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 [2] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/15/1029 “A Syndicate of Promoters, Contract for the formation of the Brahmaputra Sultanpur Branch Railway Company Limited; 1896”

Further Information

This railway was absorbed into the EBR in 1904.

See Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked

See Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) for further information and, in particular, IOR records relating to Staff employment.

References

  1. Indian Railway Raj Safari 1a - Keith Scholey
  2. “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016