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The '''Walajah Road-Ranipet Railway''' was a short 4 mile (6km) branch line of [[Madras Railway]](MR) linking [[Ranipet]] to the mainline. | The '''Walajah Road-Ranipet Railway''' was a short broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) 4 mile (6km) branch line of [[Madras Railway]](MR) linking [[Ranipet]] to the mainline. | ||
The line was | The line opened on 17 April 1899 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n89/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 81, pdf page 89]; Retrieved 19 Oct 2016</ref> and was recorded in 1899 in the North Arcot section of the "Gazetteer of South India" by W.Francis | ||
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vERnljM1uiEC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Walajah+Road-Ranipet+Railway&source=bl&ots=LTwN2x24TU&sig=nPAnCEYIYJPtYaosyiATQllhwBU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rhySVZvDGoLTU7W7gvgH&ved=0CCMQ6AEwATge Google Books "Gazetteer of South India" by W.Francis; | <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vERnljM1uiEC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Walajah+Road-Ranipet+Railway&source=bl&ots=LTwN2x24TU&sig=nPAnCEYIYJPtYaosyiATQllhwBU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rhySVZvDGoLTU7W7gvgH&ved=0CCMQ6AEwATge Google Books "Gazetteer of South India" by W.Francis; Volume 1; page 14 Reproduced in 1988]; Retrieved 19 October 2016</ref>. | ||
The IOR <ref name=name/> Catalogue gives a Contract, dated 1 November 1901 with the remark 'Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet' | The IOR <ref name=name/> Catalogue gives a Contract, dated 1 November 1901 with the remark 'Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet' | ||
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*'''L/F/8/15/1088''' “ Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet; 1901" | *'''L/F/8/15/1088''' “ Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet; 1901" | ||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 04:47, 19 October 2016
The Walajah Road-Ranipet Railway was a short broad gauge(BG) 4 mile (6km) branch line of Madras Railway(MR) linking Ranipet to the mainline.
The line opened on 17 April 1899 [1] and was recorded in 1899 in the North Arcot section of the "Gazetteer of South India" by W.Francis [2].
The IOR [3] Catalogue gives a Contract, dated 1 November 1901 with the remark 'Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet'
MR became Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) in 1908
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 [3] gives the following: -
- L/F/8/15/1088 “ Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet; 1901"
Further Information
See Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
References
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 81, pdf page 89; Retrieved 19 Oct 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Gazetteer of South India" by W.Francis; Volume 1; page 14 Reproduced in 1988; Retrieved 19 October 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 28 Jan 2016