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Shoranur-Nilambur Railway
The Shoranur-Nilambur Railway was a branch line of the South Indian Railway(SIR), a single line broad gauge(BG) railway of 41 miles(66 km) length running from Shoranur Junction to Nilambur. The line was opened in 1927 in stages: from Shoranur to Angadipuram on 3 February, on to Vaniyambalam on 3 August, reaching Nilambur on 26 October. [1]
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 [2] gives the following: -
- L/F/7/2601 “Collection 400/8: South Indian Railway: Contract for working of Shoranur-Nilambur, Salem-Metur Dam and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Lines; 1931-33"
- L/F/8/20/1774 “ South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to working of Shoranur-Nilambur Line, Salem-Metur-Dam Line and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Line; 1933"
Further Information
See South Indian Railway
and SIR Lines Owned and Worked
References
- ↑ Wikipedia "Nilambur Shoranur railway line; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved Jan 2016