Hyderabad-Umarkot Railway: Difference between revisions

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
PEA-2292 (talk | contribs)
mNo edit summary
PEA-2292 (talk | contribs)
'References' aqdded plus Railway persons info
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Hyderabad-Umarkot Railway'''
The '''Hyderabad-Umarkot Railway''' was surveyed 1890 with [[James Richard Bell]] from [[Public Works Department]](PWD) as Engineer-in-Chief <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA438 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 438 (pdf page 401)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>.  ''In this record Hyderabad is spelt Haidarabad.''


Surveyed 1890; Section opened 1892; See Jodhpur-Hyderabad (British Section)
[[Henry Bawn Addis]] and W. Wiseman, also from PWD were the Executive Engineers<ref > “India  Civil List” 1890, page 40/41</ref>. 


{{Work-in-Progress-Rly}}
The railway from  [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]]  to Shadipalli,  55 miles(88km),  was opened in 1892 and originally constructed as a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line.
 
This section was  converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) in 1901 to form the [[Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway]](British Section) and provided a MG connection from [[Jodhpur]] to Hyderabad.
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway]]'''
 
== References ==
<references />


[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]

Latest revision as of 09:05, 23 May 2016

The Hyderabad-Umarkot Railway was surveyed 1890 with James Richard Bell from Public Works Department(PWD) as Engineer-in-Chief [1]. In this record Hyderabad is spelt Haidarabad.

Henry Bawn Addis and W. Wiseman, also from PWD were the Executive Engineers[2].

The railway from Hyderabad to Shadipalli, 55 miles(88km), was opened in 1892 and originally constructed as a broad gauge(BG) line.

This section was converted to metre gauge(MG) in 1901 to form the Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway(British Section) and provided a MG connection from Jodhpur to Hyderabad.

Further Information

See Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway

References

  1. Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 438 (pdf page 401) Retrieved on 23 May 2016
  2. “India Civil List” 1890, page 40/41