Rewari-Ferozepore Railway
The Rewari-Ferozepore Railway was under construction in 1881 with Hugh Lewin Monk of the Public Works Department(PWD) Railways Branch as Engineer-in-Charge [1]. Robert Trefusis Mallet, also from PWD, was the Engineer-in-Chief from 1881 [2].
Note: 'Ferozepore' is given as 'Firozpur' in some documents. We have adopted the spelling given in the "Imperial Gazetteer of India"
The line between Rewari and Ferozepore when completed was apparently divided into two sections :-
- Rewari via Bhatinda to Kot Kapura section, c.235 miles(375km) was opened in 1883 as the 'Rewari-Bhatinda-Fazilka Section', this being part of the metre gauge(MG) Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) network. This line continued from Kot Kapura reaching Fazilka in 1885; a total line length 262 miles(419km) reaching Fazilka [3].
- Kot Kapura to Ferozepore, a line length of 55 mile(88km), opened in 1899 as part of the of the North Western Railway(NWR) broad gauge(BG)'Ferozepore-Bhatinda Section' via Kot Kapura of the NWR ‘Raewind-Bhatinda Branch’ [4].
The implication is that between Bhatinda and Kot Kapura there were two lines running sde by side - one being the MG BB&CIR line, the other being the BG NWR line. This has not been substantiated but seems to be confirmed by the 1908 Railway Map [5].
In 1900 the jurisdiction of the portion of the Rewari-Ferozepore Railway lying within Jind State was ceded by the Raja of Jind State to the Government of India(GoI) [6]
References
- ↑ British Library - "Photographs Album details for shelfmark Photo 1085/9"; Retrieved 26 Dec 2016
- ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523 Retrieved on 26 May 2016
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 22 (pdf30); Retrieved 6 Dec 2016
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 107 (pdf116); Retrieved 6 Dec 2016
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 26, 1909, Railway Map-Section 3", p. 25.; Retrieved 6 Dec 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Haryana: Past and Present by Suresh K Sharma"; Retrieved 6 Dec 2016