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New page,replacing 'Shoranur-Nalambur Railway'; Full revision all checked ( Records & IOR reference added)
The '''Shoranur-Nilambur Railway''' was a branch line of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR), a single line broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#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.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilambur%E2%80%93Shoranur_railway_line Wikipedia "Nilambur Shoranur railway line]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ 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 <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved Jan 2016</ref>
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"
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
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.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilambur%E2%80%93Shoranur_railway_line Wikipedia "Nilambur Shoranur railway line]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ 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 <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved Jan 2016</ref>
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"
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
