Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway

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The Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway was formed on 1st July 1884 from the merger of the metre gauge(MG) ‘Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway’, the ‘Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway’ and the ‘Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway’ [1] see separate pages.

The ‘Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway’ was owned by the Provincial Government and initially operated together with the Rajputana-Malwa Railway, both being worked under an Agreement by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) dated 1st October 1886 [2]

The Bindrabin Branch Railway was a short branch to the 'Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway and worked by the BB&CIR under the same arrangements [3]

The ‘Rajputana-Malwa Railway’ and the ‘Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway’ were absorbed by the ‘Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway’(BB&CIR) on 8th April 1907.

Further Information

See Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) from 1907
and BB&CIR MG Lines Worked from 1907

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/8/13/941 “Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company, Contract as to taking over and working the Cawnpore Achnera Railway, subject to a contract dated 24th September, 1884”
  • L/F/8/13/952 “Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company, Contract as to working the Bindrabin Branch Railway as part of the Cawnpore Achnera Railway” 1889

Also the following IOR records relating to Staff employment may provide information concerning this railway:-

  • L/F/8/1-20 "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
  • Z/L/F/8/1-2: "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Railway Line History" pages 9 and 11 by Keith Scholey ;Retrieved 10 Dec 2015
  2. ↑ British Library India Office Records’ IOR/L/F/8/13 (914)
  3. ↑ British Library India Office Records’ IOR/L/F/8/13 (952)
  4. ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016
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