Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway

The Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway was owned by a branch company but worked by the Eastern Bengal Railway(EBR). The line was metre gauge(MG).

On 1st April 1904, the State took over the enterprise, merging it into EBR.

It comprised two sections opened in 1899/1900

• Santahar to Bonarpara, 51 miles(81km)
• Phulchari Branch Railway from Bonarpara to Phulchari, 8 miles(14km)

These lines became the first part of the EBR's Santahar-Kaunia Loop Railway when the system was extended to Kaunia in 1905

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

The following IOR records are reported to be relevant (but not checked)

• L/F/8/1-20 : "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
• Z/L/F/8/1-2 : "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"