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Londa - Miraj - Poona, 1931
I see Budhgaon in the TT. There is an engineering college there today.
Posted by Nimish Goray on 2009 Nov 18 10:12:40 +0000
Time Tables from 1931
No sir, thats bradshaw. I collected them from Chris Pietruski
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Nov 18 08:02:43 +0000
1931 Villupuram - Trichinopoly Chord
The station "Irundai" does not exist now & I hope it must be present Parikkal station.
Posted by Ramesh on 2009 Nov 16 06:25:11 +0000
Londa - Miraj - Poona, 1931
Pardon my ignorance, did the MG alignment not have equivalent stations of today's IRFCA favorite spots - Shindawane and Ambale?
Posted by Karan Desai on 2009 Nov 16 06:25:09 +0000
Bangalore - Londa, 1931
So, from that era itself "Sanvordem (Curchorem)" was christened in this peculiar fashion! I thought it might have been the handiwork of some recent neta-log who love playing with names!
Posted by Karan Desai on 2009 Nov 16 06:21:03 +0000
1931_Mangalore___Podanur
The word Standard was used instead of Broad in those days. Can you scan the Coimbatore - podanur - Pollachi - Dindigul MG line timetable to see, if this particular table shown here includes ALL trains (BG & MG) between Coimbatore and Podanur.
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2009 Nov 16 05:35:50 +0000
Dhanushkodi - Colombo & v.v., 1931
Different timings on weekdays and Sundays. In later timetables (1970s), Lanka Railways had different timings on Poya (full moon days). I wonder how long it will take for trains to be restored on all lines in the north and east after cessation of hostilities.
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2009 Nov 16 05:29:25 +0000
Cochin_State_Railway__1931
Cheruthuruthi station immediately after Shoranur seems to have been renamed Vallatol Nagar.
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2009 Nov 16 05:26:37 +0000
Cochin_State_Railway__1931
Jimmy, who can forget your superb presentation about the Cochin State Railway at BNC 2009?
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2009 Nov 16 05:25:34 +0000
Peralam - Karaikkal & v.v., 1931
Since Karaikal was French territory, there must have been some station en route where border formalities were completed, similar to Castle Rock and Chinnababusamudram. Jimmy, I think the line closed down much later as I remember seeing in the TTs of the 70s. Today, it is being converted to BG with an extension to Nagore and Nagapattinam.
Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2009 Nov 16 05:23:09 +0000