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The '''Palanpur-Deesa Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Palanpur]] to Docan, a short section of 17 miles(27km). The railway was jointly owned by the Palanpur Durbar and Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]). The line opened in 1893 and was worked by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR). | |||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n39/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 31]; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016</ref> | |||
<ref> "Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey 1922", edited by Arnold Wright page 466</ref> | |||
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA412&lpg=PA412&dq=Palanpur-Deesa+Railway&source=bl&ots=eoKG27oAX4&sig=n0EfEh5aFWOv0OZtX9rd0KKilBQ&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXr72gmrjJAhWHvRoKHcCVDyM4HhDoAQhQMAc#v=onepage&q=Palanpur-Deesa%20Railway&f=false Google Books "The India List and India Office List 1905. page 412 ‘Length of Railways open to traffic’"]; Retrieved 13 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 Jan 2016</ref> | |||
gives the following: - | |||
*'''L/F/7/2210''' “Collection 370/54: Railways: Miscellaneous: Palanpur-Deesa Railway, sale of government's financial interest to Palanpur Durbar: 1930-34" | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See ''' [[ Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) ''' | |||
<br>and '''[[Bombay,_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Network_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#MG_Lines_-_managed.2C_worked_and_maintained_by_BB.26CIR|BB&CIR MG Lines Worked]] ''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | [[Category:State Railways]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:35, 14 June 2020
The Palanpur-Deesa Railway was a metre gauge(MG) line from Palanpur to Docan, a short section of 17 miles(27km). The railway was jointly owned by the Palanpur Durbar and Government of India(GoI). The line opened in 1893 and was worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR). [1] [2] [3]
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 [4] gives the following: -
- L/F/7/2210 “Collection 370/54: Railways: Miscellaneous: Palanpur-Deesa Railway, sale of government's financial interest to Palanpur Durbar: 1930-34"
Further Information
See Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR)
and BB&CIR MG Lines Worked
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 31; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016
- ↑ "Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey 1922", edited by Arnold Wright page 466
- ↑ Google Books "The India List and India Office List 1905. page 412 ‘Length of Railways open to traffic’"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved Jan 2016