Chaparmukh Silghat Railway
The Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway was a privately constructed and financed metre gauge(MG) railway worked by Assam-Bengal Railway(ABR). The line between Chaparmukh and Silghat , a distance of 51 miles(82km) was sanctioned for construction in October 1915. [1]
The line was in use by 1919 and used to connect the tea gardens in Nagaon to the ABR main line.
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/8/19/1445 “Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of a railway from Chaparmukh to Silghat ; 1918
