Ryam Sugar Factory Railway

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Ryam Sugar Factory Railway

The Ryam Sugar factory was incorporated in 1914 as the Tirhut Co-operative Sugar Co Ltd. The town is now known as Raiyam and is located 15 km north-east of Darbhanga. The factory had two 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) lines operating as a field system to bring cane into the factory:-

  • One line, 14km long, to Mokaddampur, which remained in use until the site closed in 1994 [1].
  • The other line, 10 km long, to Sakri Junction, a station on the on the 'Bengal and North-Western Railway'(BNWR) 'Darbhanga-Bhaptiahi Branch Line'. This line had closed 'many years ago' [1].

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “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 BR06 page 107-108
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