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Aden Railway

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Records relating to the construction and dismantling of Aden Railway are held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]]. An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved Jan 2016</ref>
gives a number of entries, the followingmost significant being : -*'''L/PS/10/89''' “File 379/1906 'Railways: Aden; railway construction in Aden hinterland; Aden-Lahej Railway'; 20 Aug 1904-3 Apr 1922”. The Catalogue Contents state ‘The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and notes, ‘... relating to proposals for the construction of a steam railway between Aden and its hinterland from 1904..... The correspondence is followed by further discussion on extending into Aden a railway to be built from Dar-al-Amir to Nobat Dakim (Nawbatal-Dakim), Yemen’*'''R/20/A/1244''' “File 2/3 Tramways and Railways: Aden Hinterland; 1904-1911” *'''R/20/A/4959''' “File 17 Railway Aden Hinterland: Construction; 1907”*'''R/20/A/1241''' “File 2/1 Pt. I Tramways and Railways: Aden Tramway; 1907-1908”*..'''R/20/A/1242''' “File 2/1 Pt. II Tramways The search gives at least 8 Records concerning ‘Tramways and Railways: in Aden Tramway; 1908-1920”*'''R/20/A/1245''' “File 2/3 Pt. III Tramways and Railways: Aden Hinterland; 1919-21”*'''R/20/A/4395''' “File [101] Railway: Notes, estimates, etc, relating to Aden railway, furnished by the Office-in-Charge ; 1921” *'''R/20/A/2753''' “File 194/1 Aden Railway: Extension hinterland’ dating from 1904 through to the Musemir; 1926”1921
*'''R/20/A/3232''' “File 523 Proposed discontinuance of the Aden railway service; 1928”
*'''L/PS/10/703/1''' “File 3082/1917 Pt 16 Aden: railways; 1928-1930”
*'''L/PS/12/1462''' “Coll 1/26 Disposal of rolling stock and material of the former Aden railway ; 23 Aug 1932-6 Jul 1935”
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