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The line was opened for traffic on the 17th of April 1878. Some large bridges which were begun in 1879 were not finished till the rains of 1880. Up to the end of 1880 the line was managed by Government; it was then handed to the GIPR. <ref>Bombay Gazetteer, Ahmadnagar, 1884, pp. 330-332.</ref> | The line was opened for traffic on the 17th of April 1878. Some large bridges which were begun in 1879 were not finished till the rains of 1880. Up to the end of 1880 the line was managed by Government; it was then handed to the GIPR. <ref>Bombay Gazetteer, Ahmadnagar, 1884, pp. 330-332.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 06:38, 26 April 2016
The Dhond-Manmad State Railway was a 'chord' line, constructed to connect the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) south-eastern main line to Madras with the GIPR north-eastern main line to Allahabad.
The railway was a broad gauge(BG) line 145 miles(197km) long between the two sections of the GIPR connecting Manmad 162 miles (260km) from Bombay on the north-east section, with Dhond in Poona 167 miles(267km) from Bombay on the south-east section. [1]
The line was opened for traffic on the 17th of April 1878. Some large bridges which were begun in 1879 were not finished till the rains of 1880. Up to the end of 1880 the line was managed by Government; it was then handed to the GIPR. [2]
Personnel
- Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department,1877-79, to the Dhond-Manmad State Railway as Assistant Engineer.
Further Information
See Great Indian Peninsula Railway
References
- ↑ “The Maharashtra State Gazetteers 1976 / Ahmadnager District / Communication / Railways”; e-version 2006"; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016
- ↑ Bombay Gazetteer, Ahmadnagar, 1884, pp. 330-332.
