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''' Benares Tramway''' is mentioned for the year 1857 in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) and show that an ‘Expenditure of Rs3000.0.0 sanctioned from the ferry fund/Beneres for laying down a wooden tramway on the portion of the Ghazeepore Road which lies in the bed of the River Grountee? <ref>British Library Catalologue References (i) IOR/Z/E/4/30/F86 and (ii) IOR Z/E/4/30/F376; “Funds, Ferry, Benares, expense of laying down tramway on portion of Ghazipur Road, 1857” referring to File Reference IOR/E/4/846, p641 “India Public Works department 19 Aug 1857" 'Side Note (393) Expenditure of Rs3000.0.0 sanctioned from the ferry fund/Beneres for laying down a wooden tramway on the portion of the Ghazeepore Road which lies in the bed of the River Grountee' </ref>). <blockquote>''Note:-*Different spellings of ‘Ghazeepore Road’ and ‘Ghazipur road’ . These must refer to the road to [[Ghazipur]] which is 40 km north-west of [[Benares]] (modern name Varanashi). The Ghazipur Road is to the north of Benares from the suburb of Daulatpur (ref. Map of Benares 1909 <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=63 “Imperial Gazetteer of India”, v. 26, Atlas 1909 edition, Benares, p. 57.]; Retrieved 29 Dec 2016</ref>).*The ‘River Grountee’ cannot be identified.''</blockquote> The 1857 proposal cannot be identified and no further information has been found. '''Benares Tramway Company''' was formed in 1886 as given in ‘Grace’s Guide’
1857 Tramway info moved to niw page ' Gumti River Tramway'
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1886/07/23 "Grace’s Guide"]; Retrieved 29 Dec 2016</ref> quoting ‘The Engineer’ 23 July 1886 page 81 ‘New Companies’ with transcript as follows <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/4/4f/Er18860723.pdf "Grace’s Guide/The Engineer" 23 July 1886 page 81]; Retrieved 29 Dec 2016</ref>.
