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The '''South Bihar Behar Railway''' Company was a privately owned formed in 1895. The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line opened in 1879 connecting ran south west from [[Luckeesarai]] and [[KiulLuckeeserai]] in Monghyr District to [[Gaya]], a length distance of some 79 miles(125km126km) the <ref name=name/>. The line was operated by the [[East Indian Railway]] (EIR).opened in two stages in 1900 and completed in 1901 <refname=Admin>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration #page/n71/mode/1up “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; 1918” page 62(pdf71) ]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilaiya_Junction_railway_station Wikipedia "Tilayi Junction Station"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 201514 June 2020</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaya_Junction_railway_station Wikipedia "Gaya Junction Station"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm Archive.org "Indian Railway History Time line" Compiled by R.P.Saxena]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
The railway was privately owned by the '''South Bihar Behar Railway Company''' and was leased to the State to be worked as part of the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR ) network.The railway was taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1906 but continued to be operated by the EIR < ref name=Admin/>.[
==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]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref name=name> [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 28 Jan 2016</ref>
gives several references. The most important being:-
*'''L/AG/46/37 ''' “Records of the India Office relating to the South Behar Railway Company; 1895-1906” with Catalogue remark ‘Company formed in 1895. Line ran south west from Luckeeserai in Monghyr District to Gaya, a distance of some 79 miles. Run by the East Indian Railway Company. Taken over by Government in 1906’.
==Further Information==
See '''[[East Indian Railway]](EIR) '''
<br>and '''[[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#BG_Lines_absorbed_into_EIR|EIR BG Lines absorbed into EIR]]'''
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
