Bhopal State Railway

Bhopal State Railway

Indian State line, funded by Begum, Nawab of the Princely Bhopal State to connect Bhopal to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) line at Itarsi.

Opened 1884 and initially worked by Indian Midland Railway(IMR); linked to the ‘British Section’ to form the Bhopal-Itarsi Railway in 1885 and worked by IMR.

Amalgamated into the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) in 1900.

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Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the 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

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway gives 9 references, all relating to Bhopal State Railway and Indiand Midland Railway. The most important being:-

• L/F/8/14/988 “The Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract for the maintenance and working of Bhopal State Railway; 1894 supplemental to the contract of 1885.”

Personnel

The “Indian Biographical Dictionary” gives Ernest Ifill Shadbolt,Public Works Department, Assistant Engineer in 1874 employed on the construction of Bhopal State Railway (along with other railways)

Further Information

See Indian Midland Railway up to 1900, then Great Indian Peninsula Railway