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The '''Barsee Tramway''' to connect Barsee with the Barsee railway station is recorded in the British Library [[India Office Records]] V/23/232, No 71 for 1863
<br>The  ‘Page’ references  quoted refer to this record.


''Spelling Note''
<blockquote>
'''Barsee''' and '''Barsee Tramway''' are spellings given in this 1863 record
<br>''We have retained the spelling Barsee only with reference to this Tramway''
'''[[Barsi]]'''  and '''[[Barsi Light Railway]]''' are used from about 1870 onwards, and in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] that we take as our definitive spelling. 
<br>''We have therefore used the spelling [[Barsi]] in all other references''
</blockquote>
==Barsee Tramway==
'''Background'''
The [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) 'South-East Mainline' section from [[Poona]] to Barsee Road Station opened in 1859 and was connected to [[Madras]] in 1863 with the opening of the [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhore Ghat section]].
In September 1862, The Chief Engineer of the Presidency of Bombay, Lt. Col.  M. K. Kennedy, submitted a proposal with five alternatives  regarding connecting the town of Barsee to the GIPR Mainline at Barsee Road Station, a distance of 22 miles(35km) by way of a Bullock operated  broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])  Tramway.
<br>The proposals comprised:- a single track Tramway with passing places;  or a road either 20 foot(6.1m) wide or 24 foot(7.3m) wide with a single track Tramway that would run on one side. All proposals to include passing places <ref>Pages 4-8</ref>. 
<br>The problem was the crossing the Seena (Sina)River and two estimates for a bridge were provided:- a brick/stone arched bridge or an iron girder bridge <ref>Pages 9,10</ref>.
The early crops had failed so it was decided that as a means of famine relief the road and bridge should be built (Bombay Government Resolution 8 October 1862) <ref>Page 14</ref>.  A 24 foot(7.3m) road with a gradient of less than 1 in 100 was required  <ref>Page 25</ref>.  Meanwhile, the [[Government of India]] requested the GIPR, the [[Sind Railway]] and the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) Companies, to submit designs and recommendations regarding a bullock tramway carrying 300 tons a day over a distance of 50 miles <ref>Pages 26-31</ref>.
The [[GIPR]] replied that it did not think that a tramway was suitable and that a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])  branch line <ref>Pages 33-36</ref>. Sind and BB&CIR both sent back detailed drawings and estimates, both thought that a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) was preferable as this would be interchangeable with the main lines but bullock power was possible <ref>Pages 40-45</ref>. Sind also suggested that it might be more economic to use a light rail locomotive and supplied the information regarding this <ref>Pages 47-48</ref>. The final information was received in January 1863 <ref>Page 54</ref>. The Governor had indicated that he thought a branch line was preferable <ref>Page 23</ref>.
''' 'The Road' '''
'The Road' was constructed with earth works, cuttings and bridges and although first proposed in 1862 was not completed until 1870 <ref name=Engineering>“Barsi Light Rail - E.R.Calthrope & the Newly Exhibition”  from ‘Engineering’ 20 Jan 1897, page 183.  Reproduced by  ‘Narrow Gauge and Industrial  Railway Modeling Review’ No 69 Vol 9 January 2007, editor Roy C Link.  ISSN 0958-0808</ref>.
By this time [[Barsi]] had become the  spelling of the town and was connected to Barsi Road Station , on the [[GIPR]], a distance of 22 miles (35km), with a roadway of 24 foot width (7.3 metres) with 'hard shoulders' <Page 25> and of designed to be built with sufficient strength to carry locomotives and the gradients did not exceed 1 in 100 <ref name=Engineering/>. The Seena (Sina) River bridge was a ten arch masonry constructed bridge.
''' 'The Tramway' '''
The proposal  to included the construction of a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])  'Tramway' did not proceed and ‘The Road' was used for cart and pedestrian traffic. Over the years that followed the embankments became consolidated <ref name=Engineering/>.
==[[Barsi Light Railway]]==
[[Everard Richard Calthrop]] had, in 1887, registered in London the [[Indian Railways Feeder Lines Company]] to promote the construction of narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines in India. He resigned from GIPR in 1889.
Calthrope, in 1887, commenced negotiations with the Government of Bombay for a concession to build a Light Railway on the bed of the 'Road'. Negotiations were concluded and in 1895 the '''[[Barsi Light Railway|'Barsi Light Railway Company']]''' (BLR) was formed utilising engineering solutions based on many innovative designs.
A request for tender was put out and on the 1st August 1895 an agreement was signed to build a 2ft 6inch([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])  light railway between the [[GIPR]] Barsi Road Station and [[Barsi]] Town.
The first BLR section between Barsi Road Station on the [[GIPR]] (later named Kurduwadi) and [[Barsi ]] Town opened in 1897 utilising the ‘The Road' as the trackbed.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Barsi Light Railway]]''' for further information and references
==References==
British Library IOR/V/23/232, No 71; "Papers relating to the project of connecting Barsee with the Barsee railway station by tramways.” Bombay: Education Society's Press, 1863" File held on Microfiche. With page numbers as follows:-
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