Great Southern of India Railway

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Great Southern of India Railway
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Line of route
Negapatam to Erode
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge
Timeline
1858 Formed as Guaranteed railway
1872 Merged to form South Indian Railway
Key locations
Presidency Madras
Stations Trichinopoly
System agency
How to interpret this infobox

The Great Southern of India Railway (GSIR) was formed in 1858 for "the construction and working of a railway from Negapatam to Trichinopoly, with branches to Salem and Tuticorin - total, about 300 miles. Capital 500,000l. (for the works at present authorized to be proceeded with, - viz., the line from Negapatam to Trichinopoly). Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent." (1)


History

The line from Negapatam to Trichinopoly was completed by March 1862 to broad gauge standards and opened to traffic. In 1868, the GSIR line reached Erode, connecting to the Madras Railway. In 1872, the GSIR merged with with the Carnatic Railway, built to metre gauge, to form the South Indian Railway.

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 [1] gives 46 references. The most important being:-

  • L /AG/46/13 “Records of the Great Southern of India Railway Company; 1859-1874”

Unfortunately, there are no GSIR staff records held in the India Office Records at the British Library.

Notes

(1) "Money Market and City Intelligence", The Times, Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.

External link

Frederick Dibblee, MICE, District (later Chief) Engineer, GSIR (1864-1868).

References