Sindia State Railway
The Sindia State Railway construction commenced in 1876 and the Engineers-in-Charge being William Mitchell and Horace Bell. [1]
The railway was opened 1881 by the Maharaja Sindia of Gwalior and operated under the management of Sir W S S Bissett until 1885. [2]
In 1886 the Sindia State Railway was operating out of Agra Cantonment station along with Rajuputana Railway. [3]
There is no clear information on the history thereafter. A Contract was made in 1919 for the Indian Midland Railway(IMR) for 'maintaining and working the Sindia State Railway'[4].
It seems most likely that the Sindia State Railway joined with the IMR which had a comparatively brief existence before being amalgamated in 1900 with the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR)
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 [4] gives the following: -
- V/24/3589 “India. Public Works Department: Administration report on the construction of the Sindia State Railway, 1874/75"
- L/F/8/13/953 “Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract as to the Indian Midand Railway Company maintaining and working the Sindia State Railway; 1890"
References
- ↑ Graces Guide "Sindia State Railway"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List 1905" page 442"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the Viceroy of India – 1886"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 28 Jan 2016
