Rewari-Ferozepore Railway
The Rewari-Ferozepore Railway was under construction in 1881 with Hugh Lewin Monk of the Public Works Department(PWD) Railways Branch as Engineer-in-Charge [1]. Robert Trefusis Mallet, also from PWD, was the Engineer-in-Chief from 1881 [2].
Note: 'Ferozepore' is given as 'Firozpur' in some documents. We have adopted the spelling given in the "Imperial Gazetteer of India"
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The line between Rewari and Ferozepore when completed was apparently divided into two sections :-
- Rewari via Bhatinda to Kot Kapura section, c.235 miles(375km) was opened in 1883 as the 'Rewari-Bhatinda-Fazilka Section', this being part of the metre gauge(MG) Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) network. This line continued from Kot Kapura reaching Fazilka in 1885; a total line length 262 miles(419km) reaching Fazilka [3].
- Kot Kapura to Ferozepore, a line length of 55 mile(88km), opened in 1899 as part of the of the North Western Railway(NWR) broad gauge(BG)'Ferozepore-Bhatinda Section' via Kot Kapura of the NWR ‘Raewind-Bhatinda Branch’ [4].
The implication is that between Bhatinda and Kot Kapura there were two lines running sde by side - one being the MG BB&CIR line, the other being the BG NWR line. This has not been substantiated but seems to be confirmed by the 1908 Railway Map [5].
In 1900 the jurisdiction of the portion of the Rewari-Ferozepore Railway lying within Jind State was ceded by the Raja of Jind State to the Government of India(GoI) [6]
References
- ↑ British Library - "Photographs Album details for shelfmark Photo 1085/9"; Retrieved 26 Dec 2016
- ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523 Retrieved on 26 May 2016
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 22 (pdf30); Retrieved 6 Dec 2016
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 107 (pdf116); Retrieved 6 Dec 2016
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 26, 1909, Railway Map-Section 3", p. 25.; Retrieved 6 Dec 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Haryana: Past and Present by Suresh K Sharma"; Retrieved 6 Dec 2016