1932 Asiatic (except Indian) Railways

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I. —CROWN COLONIES, PROTECTORATES, ETC
For ** Crown Agents for the Colonies/* see page 52,

CEYLON GOVERNMENT RAILWAY.
Headquarters : Colombo.
Chief Officers : General Manager, T. E. Dutton, C.B.E. ; Deputy General Managers, E. W. Head, J. M. Orkney and W. C. D. Davey ; Assistants to General Manager, S. F. Amerasinghe and G. F. Perera ; Divisional Transportation Supts., W. G. Hills, W. R. Wild and J. G. Smith ; Engineer, Way and Works, A. G. Cooper; Mechanical Engineer, A. S. Bobby ; Chief Accountant (vacant); Railway Storekeeper, J. E. Hancocks.

General Particulars : The first section of the Railway, Colombo to Ambepussa (34| miles), was opened for traffic in 1865. Total route mileage open is 951 miles, of which 834 miles are broad gauge (5 ft. 6 in.), and 117 miles narrow gauge (2 ft. 6 in.). The principal broad-gauge sections are : Main Line, Colombo to Bandarawela and Badulla (summit level, Pattipola, 6,225 ft.); Coast Line, Colombo to Galle and Matara ; Puttalam Line, Ragama to Chilaw and Puttalam; Northern Line, Polgahawela to Maho, Anuradhapura, Talaimannar, Jaffna and Kankesanturai; Eastern Lines, Maho to Galoya and Trincomalee, and Galoya to Batticaloa ; and Matale Line, Peradeniya to Kandy and Matale. The narrow-gauge sections are : Colombo to Avisawella and Yatiyantota, Avisawella to Ratnapura and Opanake, and Nanuoya to Nuwera Eliya and Ragala. There are 67 miles of double line, between Colombo and Rambukkana and Moratuwa. A through service between Ceylon and India is provided from Colombo to Talaimannar, via the Northern Line, whence the steamers of the South Indian Railway convey traffic (22 miles sea route) to Dhanushkodi, and thence to all stations in India. Extensions are under consideration from Matara to Tangalla, and from Batticaloa to Kalmunai and Nintavur.

Statistics: Year ending 30 September, 1930.—Capital Cost. Rs. 220,522,956 ; Gross Receipts, Rs. 29,650,683; Expenditure, Rs. 22,861,319; Balance, Rs. 6,789,364. No. of passengers conveyed, 18,008,877. Goods tonnage, 1,256,519. Mileage: 5 ft. 6 in. gauge, 834 : 2 ft. 6 in. gauge, 117. Train mileage, 4,841,882. No. of locos., 286; coaching vehicles, 917; goods vehicles, 2,973. Steam railcars, 33.

CYPRUS GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.
(Famagusta —Nikosia—Evrychou.)
Headquarters : Famagusta
Chief Officers : General Manager, C. E. Rooke, M.Inst.Transport; Asst. Loco. Supt., J. W. Bulman, A.M.I.Loco.E.
General Particulars : Opened 21 Oct., 1905, from Famagusta to Nikosia. Since extended to Evrychou.
Statistics : Mileage (2 ft. 6 in. gauge), 76. No. of locos., 12 ; coaching vehicles, 17; goods vehicles, 101 ; rail motor cars, 1 ; rail pump cars, 1 ; motor lorries, 6 ; trailers, 1 ; motor buses, 1.

FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS.
Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor.
Chief Officers : General Manager and Chief Engineer, Hon. J. Strachan, M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst.St.E., M.B.I.P.S., M.Inst.T., Chartered Civil Engineer; Deputy General Manager, D. H. Elias, M.C. ; Secretary to General Manager, G. L. Miller (acting); Engineer for Ways and Works, Major J. C. G. Spooner, M.C.; Chief Accountant, P. H. Forbes ; Deputy Accountant, R. P. Walker, M.Inst.T. ; Traffic Manager, J. O. Sanders, A.M.Inst.C.E., Chartered Civil Engineer (acting); Deputy Traffic Manager, Major W. H. Elkins, O.B.E. ; Locomotive Superintendent, A. W. S. Graeme, M.Inst.M.E. ; Works Manager (vacant); Stores Superintendent, C. H. Rowe ; Signal and Telegraph Engineer, A. W. Maxwell, M.I.R.S.E.; Engineer for Construction. W. J. Haskins, A.M.I.C.E., Chartered Civil Engineer.

General Particulars : This system serves the Federated Malay States (under British Protection) of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang, the Straits Settlements (Crown Colonies), the Native States of Johore, Kelantan, Kedah, and Perlis (under British protection). The main line follows the West Coast, and extends from Singapore in the south to Prai, on the mainland opposite Penang, in the north, passing through Gemas, Tampin, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Taiping. From Singapore Island the railway is carried across the Straits by a causeway. The line continues northwards from Bukit Mertajam, near Prai, through the States of Kedah and Perlis, to the Siamese frontier at Padang Besar, where connection is made with the Royal State Railways of Siam. Branch lines run from the main West Coast line as follows : From Tampin to Malacca ; Seremban to Port Dickson j Kuala Lumpur (where the headquarters of the Railway Administration are situated) to Sungei Besi and Ampang and to Batu Caves, Port Swettenham and Kuala Selangor ; Kuang to Batang Berjuntai; Tapah Road to Teluk Anson ; Ipoh to Tronoh; and Taiping to Port Weld. At Gemas, the “ East Coast Line” branches off in a northerly direction through the States of Negri Sembilan and Pahang and terminates at the port of Tumpat, in the State of Kelantan, 327 miles from Gemas. From Pasir Mas a branch line runs to the Kelantan-Siam boundary, connecting the “ East Coast Line ” with the Siamese Railway at Sungei Golok in Siamese Territory. A through express service, with dining cars and sleepers, is run twice a week between Penang and Bangkok, the Siamese capital. The journey between Penang and Bangkok occupies'27 hours. Through rail communication is also in operation between the Federated Malay States and Kelantan via the Siamese line. Dining cars and sleeping saloons are provided on the express services between Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. There is also a through express service with buffet cars and bogie day and night first-class carriages once a week between (Cernas and Tumpat on the “ East Coast Line.” The earliest line built was that from Taiping to Port Weld, opened 1885 ; the Kuala Lumpur-Klang section being completed 1886, and from Seremban to Port Dickson in 1891. Certain portions were built under private enterprise or by individual States, but now all interests have been co-ordinated under the Federal Government, by which other sections have been constructed. The Johore State section is leased to and operated by the Federal Railway Administration.

Statistics: Year ending 31 December, 1930. Capital Expenditure (excluding Capital Improvements from Renewals and Betterment Fund), £27,118,612 ; (Gross Receipts, £2,179,082; Expenses, £2,179,082; Net Surplus, Nil; Contribution to Renewals and Betterment Fund, £460,470; No. of passengers conveyed, 11,773,129; goods tonnage, 2,159,536; head of livestock, 86,673; mileage (metre gauge), 1,071; train mileage, 5,091,707; No. of locos., 206; coaching vehicles, 557 ; goods vehicles, 5,493 ; service and miscellaneous vehicles, 1,058 ; steam boats, 11.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
BRITISH SECTION, HONG KONG,
Headquarters: Kowloon.
Chief Officers: General Manager and Chief Engineer, Robert Baker ; Chief Accountant, J. Morris ; Chief Mechanical Engineer, C. D. Lambert; Traffic Manager and Storekeeper, G. A. Walker ; Traffic Assistant, I. B. Trevor ; Asst. Mech. Engineer Loco. Dept., J. Smith; Permanent Way Inspector, A. McCallum ; Traffic Inspectors, F. Winyard and W. S. Cuff.
Consulting Engineers: Sir J. Wolfe Barry & Partners.

General Particulars : Generally known as the Kowloon-Canton line, though only 22 m. are in British territory, the remainder of the route being under the Chinese Government. The British section was completed 1910, and involved very heavy engineering works. Eventually there will be direct railway communication between Hong Kong and Peking, 1,500 m.
Statistics.—4 ft. 84 in. gauge, 21.76 miles ; 14 locos.; 41 carriages ; 114 wagons ; 2 motor coaches ; 1 trailer ; 1 65-ton breakdown crane and 2 breakdown vans.

IRAQ RAILWAYS.
Headquarters : Baghdad : T. A. Railways, Baghdad.
Chief Officers : Director, Lt.-Col. J. Ramsay Tainsh, C.B.E., V.D.; Chief Engineer, S. O. Heinemann, T.A., Engrail, Baghdad; Financial Secretary and Chief Auditor, G. Dingwall Main, T.A., Railaudit, Baghdad ; Chief Mechanical Engineer, D. R. M. Yates, O.B.E., A.M.I.M.E. ; Traffic Manager, N. P. O’Reilly Blackwood, M.B.E., T.A., Transrail, Baghdad ; Stores Supt., F. G. Chapman.
General Particulars : Includes the following lines: 4 ft 84 in. gauge : Baghdad to Baiji,
135 m. ; metre gauge : Basra to Baghdad, 353.9 m.; Baghdad to Khanaqin City, 109.34 m.; Hindiya to Karbala, 22.50 m.; Ur Junction to Nasiriyah, 9 m.; Quaraghan to Kirkuk, 108.15 m.
Statistics : No. of locos., 57 ; 1 steam coach ; motor trollies, 11; coaching vehicles, 344; goods vehicles, 3,200 ; miscellaneous vehicles, 78.

NORTH BORNEO GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.
Owners: British North Borneo Company (Incorporated under Royal Charter).
Offices in London: 17, St. Helen’s Place, London, E.C. 3.
Court of Directors: Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, K.C.B., D.S.O. {President}; Dougal O. Malcolm ( Vice-President}; Hon. M. Elphinstone ; G. Bromley-Martin ; Cecil Mallet; Captain A. G. Cowie.
Secretary and Chief Accountant : W. O. Pidgeon, A.C.A.
Railway Technical Adviser : W. L. Lowe-Brown, D.Eng., M.Inst.C.E.
Consulting Engineers : Messrs. Rendel, Palmer & Tritton.
Headquarters in Borneo : Jesselton, North Borneo.
Governor : His Excellency A. F. Richards.
Chief Railway Officer in Borneo : General Manager, F. C. S. Phillips.
General Particulars : The railway, which is of metre gauge, was opened in 1900, and runs from Jesselton, the chief port on the West Coast, down the coast to Beaufort, the centre of the rubber industry, where it turns inland to Melalap in the interior. The distance from Jesselton to Melalap is about 100 miles. There is a branch 20 miles in length from Beaufort to Weston. A substantial portion of the line has been relaid with 60-lb. rails and supplied with permanent bridges.
Statistics : Year ended 31 December, 1930.—Gross Receipts, £35,813; Expenditure, £27,430. No. of passengers conveyed, 244,502. Goods tonnage conveyed, 14,280. No. of locos., 13 ; coaching vehicles, 34 ; goods vehicles, 147.

OTTOMAN RAILWAY FROM SMYRNA TO AIDIN.
Offices in London : Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C. 2.
President : Viscount St. Davids.
Vice-President : F. Single.
Directors : J. M. Eddy, C.B.E., J. A. Goudge, C.B.E., Lord Howard of Glossop, W. H. Swafheld. Secretary : Lord Howard of Glossop.
Headquarters in Asia Minor : Izmir.
Chief Officers : General Manager, Robert Mazade ; Traffic Supt., Major F. B. Lowry ; Loco. Supt., B. Perrin.
General Particulars : This system of lines connects Smyrna, Aidin, Diner and Egherdir. It was established under a concession from the Turkish Government, and during the war was seized by the Ottoman Government.
Statistics : Half-year ended 30 June, 1931.—Total Capital, £5,398,972 ; Gross Receipts, £157,152 ; Expenditure, £98,899 ; Mileage (4 ft. 8^ in. gauge), 379i ; No. of locos., 49 ; coaching vehicles, 141; goods vehicles, 1,201.

PALESTINE RAILWAYS.
Head Office : Haifa.
Chief Officers : General Manager, C. R. Webb, O.B.E., M.C. ; Acting General Manager and Supt. of the Line, Lt.-Col. G. M. Campigli, M.C. ; Secretary, L. F. Williams ; Chief Mechanical Engineer, H. A. Cotching; Chief Engineer, R. F. Scrivener; Asst. Supt. of the Line, P. C. J. Baker; Chief Accountant, W. M. Young ; Supt. of Stores, C. W. Adamson.
General Particulars : The total length of the Palestine Railways, including the Hijaz and Sinai (Kantara-Rafa) sections and sidings is 1,315.386 km., subdivided into the following sections : Standard gauge (4 ft. 8i in.): Sinai (Kantara-Rafa), 223,396 km. ; Rafa-Haifa, 288.144 km. ; Jaffa-Jerusalem, 96.659 km.; Es-Saflriza-Sarafand (military siding), 6.086 km.; Kafr Jinis-Beit Nabala (quarry siding), 5.449 km. ; Ras el Ein Petah Tiqva Line, 8.410 km. Narrow gauge (3 ft. 6 in.)—Acre Junction- Acre, 21.096 km. ; Haifa-Samakh, 116.465 km. ; Affula-Nablus, 81.230 km. ; El Mas’udiza-Tulkarm, 22.525 km. ; Nassib-Medawara (Trans-Jordan Section), 445.926 km. (The Ma’an El Medawara line, 114.532 km., which is included in the Nassib-Medawara, is not open for traffic.)
Rolling Stock : Number of locos, 119, carriages, 131; wagons, 2,333 ; miscellaneous vehicles, 32 ; steam rail cars, 4.

II. —GENERAL ANALYSIS OF REMAINING RAILWAYS
a—Standard gauge, b—Metre gauge, c—3 ft. 6 in. gauge, d—2 ft. 6 in. or 75 cm. gauge.
or 60 cm. gauge, f—5 ft. gauge. _
L—Locomotives. C—Coaching Vehicles. F—Freight Vehicles. ” , __
EL—Electric Locomotives. EC—Electric Passenger Cars. 5—Service Vehicles.

ANNAN
See Indo-China

ARABIA
Aden. Dismantled.
Other Railways. Anatolian-Baghdad Railway from Asia Minor traverses its northern areas towards Iraq ; connects with Syrian railways at Aleppo and thence with the Hejaz Railway to Medina (for Mecca).

ARMENIA.
From Georgia (Caucasus) at Batum to Trebizond (Black Sea) and from Tiflis to Alexandropol and thence to Kavs and to Erivan and into Persia as far as Tabriz.
Ottoman. See Section I.
Smyrna-Cassaba and Extensions. Head Offices, Constantinople; Operating Headquarters, Smyrna. 450 m. (a). L., 56 ; C., 247 ; F., 1,059.
Anatolian-Baghdad. 900 m. (a). Haidar Pasha (Scutari) to Eski-Shehr; thence to Angora or to Aflum Kava-Nissar (connect with Smyrna-CJassaba and Extensions and Ottoman Railways, and Aleppo. Thence to Nisibin (for Iraq and Baghdad route) or south to connect with Syrian and Palestine lines and through the Hejaz to Medina (for Mecca), Arabia.

BORNEO
North Borneo Government. See Section I.

BURMA

CEYLON Government. See Section I.

CHINA.
A.-Chinese National Railways.
The Ministry of Railways, Nanking.

Peking—Hankow. 1,125 m. (a). L., 202 ; C. and F., 4.054. Peking south to Chenting, Shunteh,
Clieng-chow (connect with Lung Hai and other lines) to Hankow to connect with railways onwards to reach Canton and Kowloon.

Peking—Mukden. 683 m. (a). L.,249; C., 339 ; P., 4,577; S.,140. Tientsin. General
Manager and Engineer-in-Chief, W. O. Leitch, B.A.I.; Traffic Manager, N. H. Steele C.B.E.; Secretary, P. A. Harris; Locomotive and Works Superintendent, P. A. Jamieson, Tougshan; Stores Superintendent, H. E. Allen, Tongshan ; Consulting and Inspecting Engineers in London, C. P. Sandberg. Runs from Pekin to Tientsin and to South Manchuria Railway at Mukden.

Tientsin—Pukow. 790 m. (u). L., 136; C., 201; F., 1,729. Headquarter^^ Pukow. Runs from Pekin-Mukden Railway at Tientsin south to Tsinai, Hsuchow and Pukow, for Nanking and Shanghai.

Nanking—Shanghai. 290 m. (u). L., 53; C., 137; F., 587; P., 623. Headquarters. Shanghai,
Engineer-in-Chief, I. Tuxford, M.Inst.C.E.; Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, L. P. Ridgway, M.Inst. C.E.; Locomotive Superintendent, G. T. Pinch ; Chief Accountant, P. A. Harris; Electrical Engineer, W. J. Grey, A.M.I.E.E. Connects at Nanking with Tientsin-Pukow line, and at Shanghai with Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway.

Shanghai—Hangchow—Ningpo. 190 m. (a). L., 42 ; C., 154 ; F., 528. Officers as for Nanking-
Shanghai Railway above.

Peking—Suiyuan. 510 m. {a). L., 110 ; C., 145 ; F., 1,534. Prom Peking west to Kalgan, Tatung, Suiyuan and Paotou.
Cheng—Tai. 160 m. (&). L., 44 ; C., 63 ; F., 727.

Taokow—Chinghua. 93 m. (a). L.,12; C., 30 ; F., 316. Managers and Administrators,T\AQTQVin Syndicate, Ltd., London ; Secretary, C. Price ; Consulting Engineers, Livesey, Son cfe Henderson ; General Manager, J. Barber, Chiao-tso Honan ; Engineer, E. C. A. Dunn ; Locomotive Superintendent, J. A. Moffat; Chief Assistant and Stores Superintendent, J. MacKnight. This railway, in the north of Hunan province, crosses and connects with the Peking-Hankow Railway.

Kaifing—Honan. 115 m. (a). L., 10 ; C., 82 ; P., 284. Connects with Lung-Hai line at Kaifing.
Lung—Hai. 370 m. (a). L., 69; C., 43; P., 508. Headquarters, Chengchow; Engineer-in-Chief,
and Traffic Manager, R. de Mettelinge. From Chengchow to Kaiflng-Honan line at Kaifing, and to Loyang to Kwangyintang. At Chengchow connects, north and south, with Peking- Hankow Railway.
Kirin—Changchun. 78 m. (a). L., 21; C., 34; P., 170. Headquarters, Changchun. Connects with South Manchuria and Chinese Eastern Railway at Changchun.

Canton—Kowloon. 89 m. (a). L., 13 ; C., 47 ; F., 64. Headquarters, Canton ; Agents in England, The British and Chinese Corporation, London. From British Section from Kowloon to Canton, branch to Samshui and north to Shiuchow, and new works to connect with Hupeh-Honan Railway. (See also Kowloon-Canton Railway, Section I.)

Hupeh—Honan. 270 m. (a). L., 32; C., 51; F., 411. Headquarters, Wuchang. From Wuchang to Changsha, Chuchow and Pinghsiang, and under construction onwards to Shiuchow and join northward extension of Canton-Kowloon.
Ssu—Tao. 230 m. (a), partially leased from South Manchuria Railway. L., 15 ; C., 34 ; F , 185. Kiao—Tsi. 270 m. (a). L., 86 ; C., 208 ; F., 1,674.
B—Other Railways.
Chinese Eastern. 1,220 m. (/). L., 607; C., 703; F., 9,562. Headquarters, Harbin. Connects with South Manchuria Railway and thence with Peking-Mukden line ; and through Manchuria to Siberia each way.
South Manchuria. 691 m. (a). L., 458; C., 533 ; F., 8,936. Headquarters, From Japa
nese territory to Mukden and Changchun in connection with Peking-Mukden and Chinese Eastern Railways. Also connects with Korean (Chosen) Railways. Japanese Government Owned.
Yunnan. See Indo-China.
Kowloon—Canton (British Section). See Section I.

COCHIN CHINA (ANNAM).
(See Indo-China).

CYPRUS.
(See Section I.)

DUTCH EAST INDIES.
Dutch East Indian State {Staatsspoor-en- Tramwegenin Ned-Indie). Headquarters, Bandeong. Includes (1) Java State, 2,251 km. (c); L., 549 ; C., 1,797 ; P., 14,992 ; (2) Sumatra State, 238 km. (c); L., 89 ; C., 127 ; F., 1,081; (3) Tramways in Java, Sumatra and Celebes; and (4) motor services in Java and Sumatra. There are also several private lines and tramways.
Netherland Indian {Nederlansch-Indische Sp^orweg Maatschappij). Headquraters, 118, Bodjong Samarang, 261 km. (a); 602 km. (c); L., 185; C., 347; V., 78; P., 3,537.

HONG KONG.
(See Section I.)

INDIA.
(See Indian Section.)

INDO-CHINA.
state. (Ghemins de fer de V Indo-Ghine Golonie}. Headquarters, Hanoi. 1,534 km. (ft). L., 142;
C., 299 ; F., 1,705. Routes from Hanoi to Nacham and Tourane and from Saigon to Khanh-Hoa and Mytho.
Yunnan. (Haiphong to Laokay and Yunnantor. Headquarters, Hanoi. 859 km. {b}. L., 87 ;
C., 204 ; F., 8,876. Extends from Indo-China into China, but worked by a French company.

IRAQ.
(See Section I.)

JAPAN.
Government. Headquarters, Tokyo. 8,322 7 m. (c). L., 4,114; C., 10,766 ; F., 64,211. 63 steamships; also electric and light railway equipment. There are lines on all the larger islands and the system is divided into the Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Moji, Sendais and Sapporo Divisions.
See also South Manchuria Railway (page 258).

JAVA.
(See Dutch East Indies.)

KOREA (CHOSEN)
1,585 m. (a).

MANCHURIA.
South Manchuria. See China (B).

MALAYA.
Federated Malay States (including Johore State). See Section I.

PALESTINE.
(See Section I.)

PERSIA.
From Armenia to Tabriz only. Trans-Persian Railway to be constructed from Khor Musa, at the head of the Persian Gulf. Opened Bendergaz to Sari, November, 1929, Shapur to Dizful, January, 1930.

PHILIPPINES.
Manila. (On island of Luzon.) 1,060 km. (c). L., 152 ; C. and F., 2,164 ; and Philippine. (On islands of Panay and Cebu). 133 m. (c).

SIAM.
2,832 km. (6). L., 187 ; C., 295 ; F., 3,429. Connects with

SUMATRA.
(See Dutch East Indies.)

SYRIA AND GRAND LEBANON.
Bozaati—Aleppo—Nissibin {Ghemins de Fer de Bozanti—Alep—Nissibin et Prolongements], 725 km. (a); L., 66 ; C., 61; F., 1,450; V., 14 ; Misc., 29. Headquarters, Aleppo. Connects with Anatolian-Baghdad lino, and south with the Damas—Hamah and Extensions line—433 km. (a) and 150 km. (6)—with counections to Palestine and Arabia by the Hejaz Railway.
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