Deoghur Railway
| Deoghur Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:|150px| ]] | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Jasidih to Deoghur | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 5 miles (1905) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1882 | Opened to traffic | |
| 1911 | Merged into East Indian Railway | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Deoghur | |
| System agency | ||
| 1882 | Own agency | |
| 1911 | East Indian Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
Also known as the Deoghar Railway, the DR was a very short (only 5 miles long) metre gauge line which branched off the East Indian Railway's main line between Madhupur and Luckeeserai, probably at Jasidih.
According to Wikipedia, Deoghar today (2009) does not have a railway station on the modern Indian Railways network so it is likely that the line has either fallen into disuse or even been lifted.
External links
"Deoghar" Wikipedia.
"Deoghur Railway" also known as "Deoghar Railway" has neither fallen to disuse, nor been lifted as reported by FIBIS. It has been re-christend as "Baidyanath Dham Railway Station" (named after the ancient and very famous Lord Shiva Temple at Deoghar) and the loop line of 6 Kilometres, which was converted into Broad Gauge, still connects the Holy Deoghar Town (and now also a District Head Quarter) to the Eastern Railways Main Line at the "Jasidih Junction".
A new Railways Project is also fast nearing completion which would connect Jasidih to the ancient town of Dumka (the then Head Quarter of the District of Sonthal Pargana created in the Year 1855 after the famous Sonthal Insurrection) via Deoghar, though the alignment of this new route has little in common to the existing "Deoghur Railway".
The mortal remains of the Sir Norman Leslie (who was assasinated on 12.06.1885 at Rohnee during the 1st uprising/Mutiny), Assitant Commissioner Mr. Ronald, Lieutenant Mr. Cooper, Deputy Commissioners Mr. R. Carstairs and Mr. Bompas and other well known District Officers of her Magesty who had served here lies in rest at the local grave yard in this city. These informations which are given here are authentic and are based on a first hand knowledge of this area to which I belong. In case of any clarification, I am reachable at tapeshsingh@gmail.com
