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The '''Amraoti State Railway''' was an Indian State metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch railway of 6 miles(9 km) connecting [[Amraoti]] to [[Baderna]]
 
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<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_400.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7”, p. 394] Retrieved on  14 Feb 2016</ref>.
 
  
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The line opened in 1871 and worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR).  
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The '''Amraoti State Railway''' was a short Indian State broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])
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branch railway connecting [[Amraoti]] to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) mainline at [[Badnera]]
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<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_400.gif  “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7”, p. 394] Retrieved  10 Apr 2018</ref>.
  
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The line was important to transport Amroaoti cotton to Bombay via Baderna on the Nagpur branch of the GIPR
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The line with a length of 5½ miles(8.8km) opened in Feb 1871 and worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] as the ‘GIPR Amraoti Branch’
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<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_184.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6,  1908”; p. 178] Retrieved on  14 Feb 2016</ref>.
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<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ]; Retrieved  10 Apr 2018</ref>.
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The line was important to transport Amraoti cotton to Bombay via Baderna on the Nagpur branch of the GIPR
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<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_184.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6,  1908”; p. 178] Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref>.
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The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP597&pg=GBS.RA13-PA38 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and  91, page 38, pdf 598]; Retrieved 9 Apr 2018</ref> gives the spelling as the “Oomrawuttee Railway” . This being the old spelling of [[Amraoti]].
  
 
== Further Information==
 
== Further Information==

Revision as of 05:12, 10 April 2018

The Amraoti State Railway was a short Indian State broad gauge(BG) branch railway connecting Amraoti to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) mainline at Badnera [1].

The line with a length of 5½ miles(8.8km) opened in Feb 1871 and worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway as the ‘GIPR Amraoti Branch’ [2].

The line was important to transport Amraoti cotton to Bombay via Baderna on the Nagpur branch of the GIPR [3].

The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ [4] gives the spelling as the “Oomrawuttee Railway” . This being the old spelling of Amraoti.

Further Information

See Great Indian Peninsula Railway

References

  1. ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7”, p. 394 Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
  2. ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
  3. ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, 1908”; p. 178 Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
  4. ↑ ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and 91, page 38, pdf 598; Retrieved 9 Apr 2018
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