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Initially worked by [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR); amalgamated into [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR), 1900.
Initially worked by [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR); amalgamated into [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR), 1900.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 72]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n80/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 72]; Retrieved 30 Jan 2016</ref>
 
The line became classified as a 'GIPR Midland Branch'


==Records==
==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]]
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]]


The following IOR records are reported to be relevant
This railway was worked by a State Railway from 1900 and the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :-
<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/railwayemployment/railway.html IOR Railway Employment Records]; Retrieved 16 Jan 2016</ref> ''(but not checked)''
<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>
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' : "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"  
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK1855-1946"  
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' : "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
 
==Personnel==
The 1905 Civil List records [[William Hanbury Pettingall Sherman]], Executive Engineer from the  [[Public Works Department]] - [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] as being 'on loan to Gwalior Durbar for the Bhopal-Ujjain, Feb 1891' <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA612 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 612 (pdf page 575)] Retrieved on 19 May 2016</ref>.
 
==Further Information==
''See also'' [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Branches|'''GIPR Midland Branches''']]
 
''See also'' '''[[Indian Midland Railway]]'''
 
''and'' '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''(GIPR)


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 11:11, 4 July 2020

Bhopal-Ujjain Railway
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Line of route
Bhopal to Ujjain
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 113 miles (1905)
Timeline
c 1895 Line opened to traffic
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Bhopal, Sehore, Ujjain
System agency
Indian State line worked by GIPR
How to interpret this infobox

The Bhopal-Ujjain Railway was a broad gauge(BG) line, owned by the Princely Bhopal State; opened c.1895 linking Bhopal and Ujjain.

Initially worked by Indian Midland Railway(IMR); amalgamated into Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR), 1900. [1]

The line became classified as a 'GIPR Midland Branch'

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

This railway was worked by a State Railway from 1900 and the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :- [2]

  • L/F/8/1-20 "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
  • Z/L/F/8/1-2 "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"

Personnel

The 1905 Civil List records William Hanbury Pettingall Sherman, Executive Engineer from the Public Works Department - State Railways as being 'on loan to Gwalior Durbar for the Bhopal-Ujjain, Feb 1891' [3].

Further Information

See also GIPR Midland Branches

See also Indian Midland Railway

and Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR)

References