Guntur-Repalle Railway: Difference between revisions

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
PEA-2292 (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
PEA-2292 (talk | contribs)
Fully checked; Further Info added with link
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Guntur-Repalle Railway'''
The '''Guntur-Repalle Railway''' was built and worked by the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) and the first section opened in 1914. The line ran from [[Guntur]] to [[Repalle]]


Built and worked by M&SMR(qv). The Tenali-Repalle section owned by  Guntur District Board
The [[Tenali-Repalle Railway]]  section owned by  [[Guntur District Board]] and opened in 1916.


{{Work-in-Progress-Rly}}
==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>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  23 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/17/1363 ''' “Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction and working of the Guntur-Tenali section of the Guntur-Repalle Railway; 1914”
==Further Information==
See '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:District Railway Boards‎]]
[[Category:District Railway Boards‎]]

Latest revision as of 13:57, 4 February 2016

The Guntur-Repalle Railway was built and worked by the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) and the first section opened in 1914. The line ran from Guntur to Repalle

The Tenali-Repalle Railway section owned by Guntur District Board and opened in 1916.

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 [1] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/17/1363 “Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction and working of the Guntur-Tenali section of the Guntur-Repalle Railway; 1914”

Further Information

See Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

References