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'''Gurumaishini-Sini Railway Project'''
The '''Gurumaishini-Sini Railway''' was a proposal for Messrs Tata and Sons iron and steel works near Sini in Mourbhanj State to connect with the BNR network.


Proposal for Tata steel works, 1906; abandoned in favour of Jamshedpur, 1909 on existing BNR(qv) line
The 1906 report indicates that [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) were proposing a  2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line 52 miles (93km) lenght; however Tata were requested a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line.
 
Finally the Sini project was abandoned in favour of [[Jamshedpur]], 1909 which was on an existing BNR line
 
==External Links==
*[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/2up Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906 Page 11 – BNR]
*[http://tera-3.ul.cs.cmu.edu/NASD/4a7f1db4-5792-415c-be79-266f41eef20a/upgrade-archive-06-14-2007/data/upload/disk2new/COMPLETE_158979_OU_Economic_Conditions_In_India/TXT/00000245.txt Iron and Steel Production, page 219]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatanagar_Junction_railway_station  Wikipedia]


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Revision as of 11:54, 20 November 2015

The Gurumaishini-Sini Railway was a proposal for Messrs Tata and Sons iron and steel works near Sini in Mourbhanj State to connect with the BNR network.

The 1906 report indicates that Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) were proposing a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line 52 miles (93km) lenght; however Tata were requested a broad gauge(BG) line.

Finally the Sini project was abandoned in favour of Jamshedpur, 1909 which was on an existing BNR line

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