Dholpur-Bari Light Railway
| Dholpur-Bari Light Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Line of route | ||
| Dholpur to Tantpur | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| 2' 6" NG | 55 miles (1944) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1908 | Dholpur to Bari section opened | |
| 1914 | Bari to Tantpur section opened | |
| 1950 | Nationalised | |
| 1951 | Part of Central Railway (IR zone) | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Dholpur, Bari, Baseri, Tantpur | |
| System agency | ||
| 1908-1950 | Own agency | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
Dholpur-Bari Light Railway, renamed the Dholpur State Railway in 1914.
The Dholpur-Bari Light Railway (DBLR) was first described in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908 as the Bari-Dholpur Tramway a ‘light steam tramway’ under construction to carry red sandstone from Bari to Dholpur to connect with the Indian Midland section of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) [1] . The line was 19.6 miles(31km) in length and opened in Feb 1908 [2].
The map shows the GIPR Agra - Gwalior mainline as it passes through Dholpur State and the Dholpur-Bari Light Railway and marked up to show later extensions.
The DBLR was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line owned and managed by the Princely Dholpur State Durbar. The line ran from an interchange at Dholpur on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) mainline to Bari, a length of 19 miles(31km) and opened in Feb 1908 [3].
Narpura Quarry Siding
The quarry at Narpura, 4 miles north-west of Dholpur, was connected to the DBLR by a railway siding and was the source of red sandstone used for building purposes. It is fine grained, easily worked, hardens by exposure and does not deteriorate by lamination [4]. This quarry siding does not appear in the 1937 Report [2] .
Tantpur Extension Railway
The Tantpur Extension Railway was a NG extension of a further 16 miles(26km) in a north-westerly direction from Bari reaching Baseri in Sep 1913 and on to Tantpur in July 1914 [3] [2]
Mohari-Barauli Railway
The Mohari-Barauli Railway was a NG line, with a length of 15 miles(24km) that opened in Feb 1917. The line was constructed by the Imperial Delhi Committee for the carriage of stone for Delhi (later to be named New Delhi) from quarries at Barauli and was managed, maintained and worked by the Dholpur State Durbar in conjunction with the DBLR [3].
From Barauli the line ran to Mohari Junction, 5 miles(8km) north-west of Bari, where it joined the narrow gauge NG DBLR line to Dholpur . At Dholpur there was an interchange to the GIPR broad gauge BG line to Agra and onward to Delhi.
See also Delhi Imperial Construction Railways for further information
Simuttra Extension Railway
The Simuttra Extension Railway line was a NG line, extended from Barauli a further 3½ miles(6km) westward to reach Sirmuttra(Sir Muttra) in 1929 [5][2]
System Classification
Indian Railway Classification of 1926 - Class III railway system.
Later Development
The Dholpur-Rajakhera Line, 22 miles(35km) from Dholpur in a north-easterly direction , had been sanction in 1918, but the 1937 Report shows this outstanding[2]. This line does not appear on modern maps – presumably not constructed.
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37. The final system length of opened line was 72 Miles(116km) [2]
In 1950, the DBLR was nationalised and in 1951 merged with others to form Central Railway, a zone of Indian Railways.
References
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 11, p. 327; 1908; Retrieved 15 Apr 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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 278 pdf 321; Retrieved 30 Jul 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 225; Retrieved 15 Apr 2018
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 11, p. 327.; Retrieved 15 Apr 2018
- ↑ Times of India “At Dholpur the train arrives at your door”, 26 Aug 2015; Retrieved 23 Aug 2016
