Darjeeling Steam Tramway

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Darjeeling Steam Tramway

Originally known as the Darjeeling Steam Tramway this 2ft Narrow Gauge(NG) steam tramway wasa light and largely ran in the road. Hence the appropriate name.

Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. constructed the railway.

The stretch from Siliguri to Kurseong was opened on 23 August 1880, while the official opening of the line up to Darjeeling was on 4 July 1881.

The name changed to the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway Company on the company being formed on 15th September 1881.

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this tramway [1] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/14/991; "Franklin Prestage, Esq., Contract on behalf of the Darjeeling Steam Tramway Company Limited. Secretary of State"; 8 Apr 1879

Further Information

See Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway

References

  1. ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 5 Apr 2016
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