Dhond-Baramati Railway

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The Dhond-Baramati Railway 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) privately owned railway was under construction in 1913 by ‘Dhond and Baramati Railway Company’.

Dhond-Baramati Railway

The line opened in May 1914 linking Dhond to Baramati, a line length of 27 miles(43km), and it added to the prosperity of the sugarcane industry in the region. The line was worked (together with other NG lines owned by Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd), by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) as part of the GIPR - NG network and connected at Dhond to the GIPR mainline [1] [2] [3]

A contract was made, dated 5 Feb 1920, between the Government of India and the GIPR formalising the arrangement for the earlier construction and continued working of the ‘Dhond and Baramati Railway’ by the GIPR. This Agreement IOR/L /F/8/19/1483 has been transcribed by FIBIS [4].

The railway came under Government of India(GoI) management from 1925.

Records

No specific records for the personnel engaged on this railway have been found.

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

Further Information

See Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd and Great Indian Peninsula Railway

References