The railway was built by the erstwhile ruler of Mayurbhanj State, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo. The first section of 52 km from Rupsa to Baripada was opened for traffic on 20 January 1905. Rupsa was the junction with Bengal Nagpur Railway's 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gaugeline. An agreement was signed on 2 December 1918, for extending the line to Talband, 61.5 km away. This section was opened on 15 July 1920. The line was managed through managing agents, Hoare Miller & Co. of Calcutta and was operated by the BNR.
After Independence, when the railways were regrouped, MSR was merged with BNR along with eastern divisions of the East Indian Railway to create the Eastern Railway on 14 April 1952.[2]
Conversion to broad gaugeedit
The MSR was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in 2004.[3]
mayurbhanj, state, railway, narrow, gauge, railway, owned, mayurbhanj, state, british, india, industryrailwaysfounded1905headquartersbaripada, indiaarea, servedeastern, india, contents, history, conversion, broad, gauge, references, external, linkshistory, edi. Mayurbhanj State Railway MSR was a 2 ft 6 in 762 mm narrow gauge railway owned by Mayurbhanj State in British India 1 Mayurbhanj State RailwayIndustryRailwaysFounded1905HeadquartersBaripada IndiaArea servedEastern India Contents 1 History 2 Conversion to broad gauge 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe railway was built by the erstwhile ruler of Mayurbhanj State Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo The first section of 52 km from Rupsa to Baripada was opened for traffic on 20 January 1905 Rupsa was the junction with Bengal Nagpur Railway s 1 676 mm 5 ft 6 in broad gaugeline An agreement was signed on 2 December 1918 for extending the line to Talband 61 5 km away This section was opened on 15 July 1920 The line was managed through managing agents Hoare Miller amp Co of Calcutta and was operated by the BNR MSR chose 20 ton 0 6 4T locomotives designated as ML class The first two of these No 691 692 were built by Kerr Stuart and Company Later in 1924 two more locomotives No 693 694 built by the same company were added These locos were later transferred to Naupada shed of Parlakimedi Light Railway renamed PL class and heavier CC class 4 6 2 locos of Satpura Railway were introduced on MSR These were built by North British Locomotive Company Glasgow Later ZE class locomotives built by M S Corpet Louvet M S Krauss Maffei and M S Kawasaki were introduced All locos were homed at Baripada loco shed After Independence when the railways were regrouped MSR was merged with BNR along with eastern divisions of the East Indian Railway to create the Eastern Railway on 14 April 1952 2 Conversion to broad gauge editThe MSR was converted to 1 676 mm 5 ft 6 in broad gauge in 2004 3 References edit Indian Express Mayurbhanj State Railway The Indian and Pakistan Year Book Volume 36 1950 Page 281 Completed Railway Projects Archived from the original on March 7 2017 External links editNational Rail Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mayurbhanj State Railway amp oldid 1154541882, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
