Bankura-Damoodar River Railway
| Bankura-Damoodar River Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Line of route | ||
| Bankura to Rainagar | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| 2' 6" NG | 60 miles | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1916-17 | Opened to traffic | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | ||
| System agency | ||
| 1916 | McLeod's Light Railways | |
| 1967 | South Eastern Railway (IR zone) | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Bankura-Damoodar River Railway (BDRR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line, 60 miles(96km). The Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company was owned, built and operated as part of McLeod's Light Railways(McLR), opening to traffic on 15 December 1916. [1].
A Contract dated 9 Sep 1918 confirming the arrangements was made between the Secretary of State for India, and the Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company, Limited, Calcutta of the other part. Messrs. McLeod & Company are stated as the promoters of the Company. The Company officials are given as Messrs J J Godfrey, General Manager, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta ; E W Bowrey; Colin C Guliland. This Contract has been transcribed by FIBIS [2]
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1916-17 through to 1936-37 [3].
In 1967, ownership of the BDRR was transferred to a zone of Indian Railways, South Eastern Railway, which began converting the line to broad gauge in 2000.
Classification
Indian Railway Classification of 1926 - Class III railway system.
Records
No staff or personnel lists have been found for this railway
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
Further Information
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 211; Retrieved 12 Nov 2018
- ↑ British Library’ Indian Office Records’ IOR/L/F/8/19/1442 “Bankura-Damoodar River Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction"
- ↑ US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 262 pdf 305; Retrieved 26 Jul 2020