Motipur Sugar Factory Railway
Motipur Sugar Factory Railway
The Motipur Sugar Factory, Motipur, Muzaffapur District, Bihar State, was established in 1933 [1].
A short metre gauge(MG) branch line connected the factory just north of Motipur station [1] to the MG Bengal and North-Western Railway(B&NWR) 'Bachhwara-Bahaha Branch Line'.
The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) system went north-westward for 2 km then 5km south-westward, crossing a canal to a junction, one line to a cane loading point at Jasauli, the other to Morarpur [1].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry BR16 page 116-117