Tenali-Repalle Railway
The Tenali-Repalle Railway was a broad gauge(BG) line, owned by Guntur District Board, and opened in 1916.
It was part of the Guntur-Repalle Railway and was built and worked by the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR). The line ran from Guntur to Repalle a length of 21 miles(34km) [1]
It was proposed in 1916 to extend the line from Repalle to Viseswaram, however the construction was postponed due to the war [2]
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 [3] gives the following: -
- L/F/8/20/1795 “District Board of Guntur, Agreement for working the Tenali-Repalle Branch Railway through the agency of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company; 1936
- L/F/7/1524 “ Collection 266/12: Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway: Contract for working Tenali-Repalle Railway....; 1937-1947"
Further Information
See Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
and Guntur-Repalle Railway
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 85; Retrieved 29 Jan 2016
- ↑ “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 16; Retrieved 21 Oct 2016. Download GIPE-015962
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved Jan 2016
