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The '''Agra-Delhi Chord Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line built to provide extra track capacity between [[Agra]] and [[Delhi]]. The line was worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).
The '''Agra-Delhi Chord Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line built to provide extra track capacity between [[Agra]] and [[Delhi]]. The line was worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta; page 58 ]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n76/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta; page 68 ]; Retrieved 29 Jan 2016</ref>


==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]]


This railway was one of the State Railways and the following IOR records are held.
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>
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search]; Retrieved 19 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' : "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"  
*'''L/F/8/17/1213''' “Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, Contract for working the Agra-Delhi Chord Railway; 1909"  
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' : "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
*'''L/AG/46/12''' “Records of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company; ", which include a comprehensive record of appointments to the GIPR made in the UK 1849-1925 (IOR/L/AG/46/12/86-88)


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:50, 29 January 2016

Agra-Delhi Chord Railway
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Line of route
Agra to Delhi
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 120 miles (1905)
Timeline
1904 Line opened to traffic
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Agra, Delhi
System agency
1904 State line worked by GIPR
How to interpret this infobox

The Agra-Delhi Chord Railway was a broad gauge(BG) line built to provide extra track capacity between Agra and Delhi. The line was worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR). [1]

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 [2] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/17/1213 “Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, Contract for working the Agra-Delhi Chord Railway; 1909"
  • L/AG/46/12 “Records of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company; ", which include a comprehensive record of appointments to the GIPR made in the UK 1849-1925 (IOR/L/AG/46/12/86-88)

References