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| − | The '''Dhond-Baramati Railway''' 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway | + | The '''Dhond-Baramati Railway''' 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) privately owned railway under construction in 1913 by Dhond and Baramati Railway Company. |
| − | The line opened in May 1914 linking [[Dhond]] to [[Baramati]], a line length of 27 miles(43km), and it added to the prosperity of the sugarcane industry in the region. | + | The line opened in May 1914 linking [[Dhond]] to [[Baramati]], a line length of 27 miles(43km), and it added to the prosperity of the sugarcane industry in the region. The line was worked (together with other NG lines owned by [[Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd]]), by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) as part of the GIPR - NG network and connected at [[Dhond]] to the GIPR mainline <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n85/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 77]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref> |
| − | <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n85/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 77]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
<ref>[https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Poona/PART%20IV/Chap%20%289%29/Railways.htm Goverment/Maharashtra "Gazetteer/Poona"]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref> | <ref>[https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Poona/PART%20IV/Chap%20%289%29/Railways.htm Goverment/Maharashtra "Gazetteer/Poona"]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
<ref>[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/15610/1/2806.pdf "Economic Life in the Bombay Decan (1818-1939)" by R.D.Choksey; pages 145 and 178]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref> | <ref>[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/15610/1/2806.pdf "Economic Life in the Bombay Decan (1818-1939)" by R.D.Choksey; pages 145 and 178]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 15 August 2016
The Dhond-Baramati Railway 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) privately owned railway under construction in 1913 by Dhond and Baramati Railway Company.
The line opened in May 1914 linking Dhond to Baramati, a line length of 27 miles(43km), and it added to the prosperity of the sugarcane industry in the region. The line was worked (together with other NG lines owned by Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd), by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) as part of the GIPR - NG network and connected at Dhond to the GIPR mainline [1] [2] [3]
The railway came under Government of India(GoI) management from 1925.
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/8/19/1483 “Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, Contract for working and maintenance of a railway from Dhond to Baramati; 1920”
- L /F/8/19/1446 “Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, Contract for working and maintenance of a railway from Dhond to Baramati; 1920”
Further Information
See Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd and Great Indian Peninsula Railway
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 77; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016
- ↑ Goverment/Maharashtra "Gazetteer/Poona"; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Economic Life in the Bombay Decan (1818-1939)" by R.D.Choksey; pages 145 and 178; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016
