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'''{{Line Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Chaparmukh]] to [[Silghat]]|gauge1= Metre gauge|gauge1details= 51 miles (1919)|gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1919|timeline1details= [[Chaparmukh]] to [[Silghat]] section opened|timeline2date= |timeline2details= |timeline3date= |timeline3details= |timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]|stations= [[Chaparmukh]] to [[Silghat]]|system1date= 1919|system1details= worked by[[Assam-Silghat Bengal Railway''']]|system2date= |system2details=|system3date=|system3details=}}
Branch Line The '''Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway''' was a privately constructed and financed metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway worked by [[Assam-Bengal Railway]](ABR). The line between [[Chaparmukh]] and [[Silghat]] , a distance of 51 miles(qv82km) 1919was sanctioned for construction in October 1915.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n164/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 156]; Retrieved 1 Feb 2016</ref>
{{WorkAn on-inline 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” -ProgressSearch]; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -Rly}}*'''L/F/8/19/1445 ''' “Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of a railway from Chaparmukh to Silghat ; 1918 == References ==<references />
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The line was in use by 1919 and used to connect the tea gardens in Nagaon to the ABR main line.
==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]]
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[[Category:Private Railways]]
