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'''Daurala Sugar Factory Railway'''
The ‘Daurala Sugar Factory’ at Daurala, United Provinces, was opened in 1923 by the ‘Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co Ltd’, later becoming the ‘Upper India Sugar Mills Ltd’ <ref name =UP46>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry UP46. page ....</ref>.
The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway was built by the United Provinces Government ‘solely for sugarcane trazffic direct from the rich canal tract around Manwana to the large {new} sugar mill at Dauurala. When built the railway was 15 miles(24km) long and became a field system of around 20 miles(32km). Rail traffic ceased inc.1976-77 and out of use by 1977 <ref name =UP46/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
The ‘Daurala Sugar Factory’ at Daurala, United Provinces, was opened in 1923 by the ‘Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co Ltd’, later becoming the ‘Upper India Sugar Mills Ltd’ <ref name =UP46>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry UP46. page ....</ref>.
The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway was built by the United Provinces Government ‘solely for sugarcane trazffic direct from the rich canal tract around Manwana to the large {new} sugar mill at Dauurala. When built the railway was 15 miles(24km) long and became a field system of around 20 miles(32km). Rail traffic ceased inc.1976-77 and out of use by 1977 <ref name =UP46/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
