Walajah Road-Ranipet Railway

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The Walajah Road-Ranipet Railway was a short broad gauge(BG) 4 mile (6km) branch line of Madras Railway(MR) linking Ranipet to the ‘Madras-Jalapet SW Mainline' at Walajah Road (3km from Walajapet and 5km from Arcot) [1], opened on 1 July 1856 [2] and was recorded in 1899 in the North Arcot section of the "Gazetteer of South India" [3].

The IOR [4] Catalogue gives a Contract, dated 1 November 1901 with the remark 'Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet'

MR became Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) in 1908

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 [4] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/15/1088 “ Madras Railway Company, Contract relating to the construction and working of a branch railway from Walajah Road to Ranipet; 1901"

Further Information

See Madras Railway up to 1908

and Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway from 1908

References