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[[File:Cochin State Forest Tramway - Incline 02.jpg|thumb|250px| A section of the Tramline without locomotives]] | |||
The '''Cochin State Forest Tramway''' was a {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}}<ref>[http://irfca.org/articles/CochinStateForestTramwayJournal.doc "Journal on the Cochin State Forest Tramway."] (*.doc file) Retrieved on 10 September 2020.</ref><ref name="empire">{{cite web | The '''Cochin State Forest Tramway''' was a {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}}<ref>[http://irfca.org/articles/CochinStateForestTramwayJournal.doc "Journal on the Cochin State Forest Tramway."] (*.doc file) Retrieved on 10 September 2020.</ref><ref name="empire">{{cite web | ||
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010455160600.htm | |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010455160600.htm | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
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{{BS-header|Cochin State Forest Tramway }} | |||
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| image = Cochin State Forest Tramway - Part of the main line with empty train on a grade. (Scientific American, 26 February 1910, p. 184-185).jpg | |||
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| caption = zig zag track of Cochin state Tramway | |||
[[File:Map of the Cochin State (Register No 949, Litho Print, Survey & Land Records Office, Trichun, 1117) In Census of India, 1941, Vol XIX, Cochin by B V K Menon, Census Commissioner, Cochin, printed 1944 (retouched).jpg|center|333px]] | |||
Route on a map from 1944 | |||
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<small>'''[[Cable Car]]-'''{{dn|date=August 2021}} (blue) und '''[[Narrow gauge railway]]<nowiki>strecken</nowiki>''' (rose)</small> | |||
{{BS||<small>Miles</small>|||[[Above Sea level]] ü. d. M.}} | |||
{{BS|exKBHFa|0|Chalakudy}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF||Vellikulangara}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|14|Muplypuzha}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|19|Cherumkayam}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF||Chokkana}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|19|Anapandam||400}} | |||
{{BS|uexSTR||Cable Car 1}} | |||
{{BS|uexDST||}} | |||
{{BS|uexSTR||Cable Car 2}} | |||
{{BS|uexDST||}} | |||
{{BS|uexSTR||Cable Car 3}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|23|Thoppathi Kavala (Kavalai)||1400}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|26½|Pothupara||}} | |||
{{BS|uexSTR||Cable Car 4}} | |||
{{BS|uexDST||}} | |||
{{BS|uexSTR||Cable Car 5}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|28⅞|Komalapara||2500}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|32|Myladappan}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|33|Orukomban Kutty}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|36|Karappara River}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|41|Kuriyarkutty}} | |||
{{BS|exhKRZWae|41|Bridge on [[Kuriyarkutty River]]}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|44|Vettukuzhy}} | |||
{{BS|exBHF|47|Parambikulam}} | |||
{{BS|exKBHFe|49½|Chinnar||2000}} | |||
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===Inception=== | ===Inception=== | ||
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===Tram routes=== | ===Tram routes=== | ||
[[File:Cochin State Forest Tramway - Incline.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Steep incline section of the Tram]] | |||
The tramway was divided into three sections: the first started from [[Chalakudy]] and ended at Anapantham, covering a length of 21 miles; the second ran from Kavalai to Pothupara, covering six miles; and the third ran from Komalapara to Chinnar, covering 22.5 miles. The total length of tramway was 49.5 miles (79.5 km).<ref name="empire"/> | The tramway was divided into three sections: the first started from [[Chalakudy]] and ended at Anapantham, covering a length of 21 miles; the second ran from Kavalai to Pothupara, covering six miles; and the third ran from Komalapara to Chinnar, covering 22.5 miles. The total length of tramway was 49.5 miles (79.5 km).<ref name="empire"/> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://zenodo.org/record/1923056/files/article.pdf Edward Harran 26 February 2010] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2j5HFW-k8 A short film about the Tram line] | |||
* http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/38/Cochin.htm | * http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/38/Cochin.htm | ||
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110511044446/http://uccollege.edu.in/history/news/cochin-forests-and-the-british/ | * https://web.archive.org/web/20110511044446/http://uccollege.edu.in/history/news/cochin-forests-and-the-british/ | ||