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The '''Shoranur-Cochin Railway''' was opened in 1902. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line linked [[Shoranur]]  to the Ernakulam Terminus in [[Cochin]](Kochi), a distance of 62 miles (100km). The line was  owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Cochin State]] but worked by [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n153/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 145]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>


The railway and the Cochin Bridge were funded by the Maharaja of Cochin, of the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Cochin State]] who reigned from the year 1895 till 1914. The bridge  was the first to ford the river that obstructed passage between Malabar and the southern states of Cohin/Travancore. The first freight train passed over the bridge on 2nd June 1902 and a few days later on the 16th the line opened to passenger traffic.
<ref>[http://maddy06.blogspot.fr/2009/11/kings-railway.html Blog "King's Railway"] Dated November 28, 2009 </ref>
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernakulam_Terminus_railway_station Wikipedia "Ernaklam Terminus"] Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.cochinbridge.com/Cochin%20Bridge.html "Cochin BridgeInformation"] Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>
It was only in 1938 that the [[Cochin Harbour Extension Railway]] was opened as an extension to the Shoranur-Cochin Railway. 
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Harbour_Terminus_railway_station Wikipedia "Cochin Harbour Extension"] Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>
==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 27 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/17/1236'''  “ South Indian Railway Company Limited, Agreement for the working and maintenance of the Shoranur-Cochin State Railway His Highness Raja Sir Sri Rama Vurmah; 1908"
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]

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