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| − | + | The '''Amraoti State Railway''' was a short Indian State broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) | |
| − | <ref> [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ | + | branch railway connecting [[Amraoti]] to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) mainline at [[Badnera]] |
| + | <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_400.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7”, p. 394] Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref>. | ||
| − | The line opened in 1871 and worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway ( | + | The line with a length of 5½ miles(8.8km) opened in Feb 1871 and worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] as the ‘GIPR Amraoti Branch’ |
| + | <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref>. | ||
| − | The line was important to transport | + | The line was important to transport Amraoti cotton to Bombay via Baderna on the Nagpur branch of the GIPR |
| + | <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_184.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, 1908”; p. 178] Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref>. | ||
| − | == References == | + | The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP597&pg=GBS.RA13-PA38 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and 91, page 38, pdf 598]; Retrieved 9 Apr 2018</ref> gives the spelling as the “Oomrawuttee Railway” . This being the old spelling of [[Amraoti]]. |
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| + | == Further Information== | ||
| + | ''See'' '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' | ||
| + | <br>''See also'' [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#Railways_absorbed_into_GIPR|'''GIPR Lines absorbed into GPIR''']] | ||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Indian States Railways]] | [[Category:Indian States Railways]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:16, 12 April 2020
The Amraoti State Railway was a short Indian State broad gauge(BG) branch railway connecting Amraoti to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) mainline at Badnera [1].
The line with a length of 5½ miles(8.8km) opened in Feb 1871 and worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway as the ‘GIPR Amraoti Branch’ [2].
The line was important to transport Amraoti cotton to Bombay via Baderna on the Nagpur branch of the GIPR [3].
The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ [4] gives the spelling as the “Oomrawuttee Railway” . This being the old spelling of Amraoti.
Further Information
See Great Indian Peninsula Railway
See also GIPR Lines absorbed into GPIR
References
- ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7”, p. 394 Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
- ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, 1908”; p. 178 Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
- ↑ ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and 91, page 38, pdf 598; Retrieved 9 Apr 2018
