Jorhat (Provincial) State Railway
| Jorhat (Provincial) State Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
 1942 map | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Titabar to Gosaigaon | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| 2' 0" NG | 30 miles (1905) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1884 | First section opened to traffic. | |
| 1885 | Renamed Jorhat State Railway | |
| 1915 | Renamed Jorhat Provincial Railway | |
| 1937 | Nationalised | |
| 1943 | Merged into Bengal and Assam Railway | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Gosaigaon, Jorhat, Mariani, Titabar | |
| System agency | ||
| State Railway Agency | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
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The Jorhat State (Provincial) Railway(JPSR) was a 2' 0" Narrow Gauge(NG) railway which connected Gosaigaon on the River Brahmaputra with Jorhat and two junctions on the Assam-Bengal Railway (later the Bengal and Assam Railway).
The railway was surveyed as the ‘Assam Kokilamukh Railway’ and originally variously named the ‘Kokila Mookh Tramway’, ‘Kokila Mookh State Railway" and then the ‘Kokilamukh State Railway’ .
The construction out of the Provicial revenue of Assam was for the convenience of the numerous tea gardensin the neighbourhood of Jorhat and approved by the Government of India in 1882
The first section from Gosaigaon to Jorhat opened in Sept 1883 and reached Dhali River in Dec 1884, a total of 16½ miles(26km)[1]
In 1885, the railway was renamed the Jorhat State Railway and the following lines opened[1]:-
- 1886 ‘Mariani Branch’, 7 miles(11km) opened from Chenimara Junction to Mariani
- 1887 ‘Titabar Extension’ to the Mainline , 1¾ miles(3km) opened from Dhali River to Titabar
- 1901 ‘Borghop Extension’ to the Mainline, 4¾ miles(8km) opened from Borghop to Gosaigaon
- 1911 ‘Cold Weather Line’, 2½ miles(4km) opened from Borghop to a point further down the river
This giving a total line length of 32½ miles(52km)
In 1915, the name was changed again to the Jorhat Provincial Railway(JPSR).
The line together with the rolling stock is owned, and up to 30 Sep 1927 worked by the State [2].
From 1 Oct 1927 the maintenance, management and working made over to Messrs Macneil and Co, Agents for ‘Rivers Steam Navigation Ltd’ and Messrs Kilburn & Co, Managing Agents for , ‘Indian General Navigation and Railway Company’[2].
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 [2]
The Government of India(GoI) nationalised the railway in 1937.
On 1 October 1943, the GoI amalgamated the JPSR with the Bengal and Assam Railway.
Classification
Indian Railway Classification of 1926 - Class III railway system.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 248 pdf 256; Retrieved 2 Aug 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 289 pdf 332; Retrieved 2 Aug 2020