Chaparmukh Silghat Railway

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The Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway was a privately constructed and financed broad gauge(BG) branch line, worked by Assam-Bengal Railway(ABR). The line between Chaparmukh and Silghat , a distance of 50 miles(80km) was sanctioned for construction in October 1915. [1]

The line was in use by 1919.

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 [2] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/19/1445 “Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction and working of a railway from Chaparmukh to Silghat ; 1918

References

  1. ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page ; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015
  2. ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016
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