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Mumbai Port Trust Railway

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Indian railway line

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Mumbai Port Trust Railway (also known as theBombay Port Trust Railway) was commissioned on 1 January 1915.[1] The railway line was being utilized for grain and fuel depots and feeding the containers at theBombay Port.[2]

The port trust lines were not just used for conveying cargo, but also carry passengers and troops duringWorld War II.[1] In the 1920s and 1930s, theBallard Pier Mole station on the Mumbai Port Trust Railway line was a starting point for theFrontier Mail which is now known as theGolden Temple Mail.[3]

In 1936, the company owned 26 locomotives and 684 goods wagons.[4] The last steam locomotives were retired in 1976.[5]



References

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  1. ^abAklekar, Rajendra (3 July 2012)."Port trust yard may have city's oldest rail wagons".Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved4 November 2012.
  2. ^Sorabjee, Deepika (27 October 2010)."Mumbai's eastern shorefront: Mangrove's last sigh?".CNN. Retrieved4 November 2012.
  3. ^Rangnekar, Prashat (21 June 2010)."Harbour line speed plans open at Ballard Pier, decades after station shut".Indian Express. Retrieved4 November 2012.
  4. ^World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 226c.
  5. ^Hughes, Hugh (1979).Steam Locomotives in India, Part 3 – Broad Gauge. The Continental Railway Circle. p. 82.ISBN 0-9503469-4-2.
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