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The '''Bhopal-Ujjain Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, owned by the Indian State of [[Princely states|Princely ]][[BhopalState]]; opened c.1895 linking [[Bhopal]] and [[Ujjain]].
Initially worked by [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR); amalgamated into [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR), 1900.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n80/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 72]; Retrieved 17 Dec 201530 Jan 2016</ref> The line became classified as a 'GIPR Midland Branch' ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] This railway was worked by a State Railway from 1900 and the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :-<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref>*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946" *'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946" ==Personnel==The 1905 Civil List records [[William Hanbury Pettingall Sherman]], Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]] - [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] as being 'on loan to Gwalior Durbar for the Bhopal-Ujjain, Feb 1891' <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA612 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 612 (pdf page 575)] Retrieved on 19 May 2016</ref>. ==Further Information==''See also'' [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Branches|'''GIPR Midland Branches''']] ''See also'' '''[[Indian Midland Railway]]''' ''and'' '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''(GIPR)
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