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[[File: Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry.png|right|600px|Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway]] | |||
'''Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway''' | '''Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway''' | ||
A short metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line constructed by [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) linking Pandu Ghat with [[Gauhati]] to join with the [[Assam-Bengal Railway]](ABR) main line. Opened c.1908 and worked by ABR, finally transferred to ABR, 1922 . | |||
It completed the [[Gauhati Branch Railway]] connecting the EBR main line at [[Golakganj]] with the ABR main line at [[Gauhati]] and included the [[Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry]] crossing of the Brahmaputra River. | |||
==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 11 Apr 2016</ref> | |||
gives the following:- | |||
*L/F/8/20/1652; "Assam-Bengal Railway Company Limited, Contract as to transfer to the company of Pandu-ghat-Gauhati section and as to yearly accounts and rate of exchange" 3 May 1922 | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]''' | |||
<br>and '''[[Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:53, 4 June 2020
Pandu Ghat-Gauhati Railway
A short metre gauge(MG) line constructed by Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR) linking Pandu Ghat with Gauhati to join with the Assam-Bengal Railway(ABR) main line. Opened c.1908 and worked by ABR, finally transferred to ABR, 1922 .
It completed the Gauhati Branch Railway connecting the EBR main line at Golakganj with the ABR main line at Gauhati and included the Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry crossing of the Brahmaputra River.
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [1] gives the following:-
- L/F/8/20/1652; "Assam-Bengal Railway Company Limited, Contract as to transfer to the company of Pandu-ghat-Gauhati section and as to yearly accounts and rate of exchange" 3 May 1922
Further Information
See Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked
and Amingaon-Pandu Train Ferry
References
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 11 Apr 2016