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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).  
The '''Tapti Valley Railway Company''' was a private company formed in 1896.
<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>
<ref>Records of the India Office relating to the Tapti Valley Railway Company. IOR/L/AG/46/40</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.
The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line was worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)
<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.
The '''[[Surat-Amalner Railway]]''' had been commenced in 1886 to link [[Surat]] to [[Amalner]] and owned by the Killick Nixon Company becoming the '''[[Tapti Valley Railway]] Company''' when the company was formed in 1896.
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Harbour_Terminus_railway_station Wikipedia "Cochin Harbour Extension"] Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n28/mode/2up
" Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page20]; Retrieved  28 Jan 2015</ref><ref name=name>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_Gurjar_Kshatriyas_contributions_to_the_Indian_railways Wikipedia "KGK Contributions" Section 1.4/1880-90/Tapti Valley]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
The line was developed in stages - the Vyara section of 100 miles was completed by 1896, followed by the Nandurbar section of 57 miles. When completed it covered 157 miles starting from [[Surat]] via Udhna, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to [[Amalner]].
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In 1901 the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) built an extension from [[Bhusaval]] and the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railway terminus at [[Amalner]], thus in 1901 [[Surat]] - [[Bhusaval]] were connected.
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==Records==
==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]]
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>
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: -
gives several references. The most important being:-
*'''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"
*'''L/AG/46/40 '''  “Records of the India Office relating to the Tapti Valley Railway Company; 1896-1908”; with statement under Catalogue contents  ‘Company formed in India in 1896. Line ran eastward from Surat City to Amalner via Nandurbar and Sindkheda, a distance of some 156 miles. Worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company from 1899 (see IOR/L/AG/46/6). Owned and managed by Government from 1942’
*'''L/F/8/14/1010 '''  “Messrs. Killick, Nixon and Company, Agreement for the formation of a company for the construction of a railway from Surat to Nundurbar and on to Amalner, in connection with the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway Co.; 1896”
 
== References ==
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Revision as of 10:25, 28 January 2016

The Tapti Valley Railway Company was a private company formed in 1896. [1]

The broad gauge(BG) line was worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR)

The Surat-Amalner Railway had been commenced in 1886 to link Surat to Amalner and owned by the Killick Nixon Company becoming the Tapti Valley Railway Company when the company was formed in 1896. [2][3] The line was developed in stages - the Vyara section of 100 miles was completed by 1896, followed by the Nandurbar section of 57 miles. When completed it covered 157 miles starting from Surat via Udhna, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to Amalner. [3]

In 1901 the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) built an extension from Bhusaval and the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railway terminus at Amalner, thus in 1901 Surat - Bhusaval were connected. [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 several references. The most important being:-

  • L/AG/46/40 “Records of the India Office relating to the Tapti Valley Railway Company; 1896-1908”; with statement under Catalogue contents ‘Company formed in India in 1896. Line ran eastward from Surat City to Amalner via Nandurbar and Sindkheda, a distance of some 156 miles. Worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company from 1899 (see IOR/L/AG/46/6). Owned and managed by Government from 1942’
  • L/F/8/14/1010 “Messrs. Killick, Nixon and Company, Agreement for the formation of a company for the construction of a railway from Surat to Nundurbar and on to Amalner, in connection with the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway Co.; 1896”

References

  1. Records of the India Office relating to the Tapti Valley Railway Company. IOR/L/AG/46/40
  2. [https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n28/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page20]; Retrieved 28 Jan 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wikipedia "KGK Contributions" Section 1.4/1880-90/Tapti Valley; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015
  4. “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved Jan 2016