Rewari-Phalera Chord Railway
Spelling Note
- Phalera is the spelling given in the 1908 Imperial Gazetteer and on the 1909 Map and 1931 Maps as can be seen.
- Phulera is the spelling given in the 1918 Administration Report and the modern name.
Rewari- Phalera Chord
The ‘Rewari- Phalera’ was a ‘Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway’(BB&CIR) metre gauge(MG) chord line, 133 miles (214km), opened 1904-05 connecting Rewari via Narnaul and Reengus to Phalera
[1] on the Delhi-Ahmedabad BB&CIR Main Line.
The route of the line and initial construction had been undertaken by the ‘Rajputana-Malwa State Railway’ (RMSR) from 1897 until 1900 when taken over by the BB&CIR and construction commenced in 1901. The background concerning the choice of route and reasons for the delays are examined as part of ‘Rajputana Territory Railways’ see separate page
The line became part of the BB&CIR MG network. This chord shortened the distance between these towns and avoided the longer route via Alwar and Jaipur
The line from Phalera connected through Sambhar to Kuchawan Road where it connected to the ‘Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway’ (JBR) thus providing the direct link between Delhi and Karachi.
Rewari-Kuchman Railway
There was a later proposal to construct an additional chord line directly from Rewari via Kuchawan to Ajmer [2].
This proposed line can be can be seen on the 1909 map as a dotted line (with added ? mark), but was not constructed and does not appear on the 1931 Map .
Further Information
- See Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked
- and ‘Rajputana Territory Railways’*which gives details on the route selection, survey, and construction see separate page .
References
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Page 22 (pdf 30); Retrieved 27 Apr 2020
- ↑ British Library IOR/R/2187/387 Rewari-Kuchaman Chord Railway Survey via Phulera and Kishengarh”; 1897