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See [[Early Railway Experiments It would appear that Madras were experiencing problems in crossing unstable ground and Proposals]] for more informationriver neds and were developing solutions using temporary tracks.
In a letter dated 29th April 1857 it was suggested that experiments for using tramways instead of common roads were being carried out in the Madras Territories and may be used in the Punjab. <ref>IOR/E/4/843 p1239 letter dated 29th April 1857 British Library</ref> ==Further Information==See page '''[[Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]'''
The first tramway in Madras was many years later with the formation See also of '''The [[Madras Electric Tramway Co LtdEarly Railway Experiments and Proposals]]''' formed in 1892. The construction of the first track commenced in 1894 for more information and the first tramway section opened for use in May 1895background.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Early Railway Experiments and Proposals]]''' for more information and background.
Revised page with info from Steve Moore's BL research
The '''[[Madras Tramway Proposals]]''', were put forward by the Madras Government in 1857, are given for ‘experiments for using tramways instead of common roads were being carried out in the Madras Territories and may be used in the [[India Office Records]] Punjab’ <ref>British Library IOR/E/4/843 p1238 “Roads, Madras, tramways suggested as detailed below. No further information has been found to establish if any experiments were conducted. There is no evidence that such proposals were adoptedsubstitutes for common roads” </ref>.
==RecordsNote==An on-line search Not to be confused with first tramway in Madras which was many years later in 1892 with the formation of the '''The [[India Office RecordsMadras Electric Tramway Co Ltd]] (IOR) records held at '''. The construction of the [[British Library]] relating to this tramway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives first track commenced in 1894 and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 25 Oct 2016</ref>gives the following: -*Z/E/4/29/M167; “Madras, Tramways suggested as substitutes first tramway section opened for common roads”; 1857 *Z/E/4/29/T372; “Tramways, Madras, suggested as substitutes for common roads “; 1857*Z/E/4/29/R935; “Roads, Madras, tramways suggested as substitutes for common roads”; 1857use in May 1895.
==References==
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category: Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]
[[Category:Early Railway Experiments and Proposals]]
