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Hoshiarpur Doab Railway

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{{System_Railways_Infobox|image=|caption= |timeline1date= c.1915|timeline1details= Hoshiarpur-Doab Branch Railway Company formed|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |company1= |company1details= |company2= 1915|company2details= '''Jullundur-Mukerian Railway'Hoshiarpur Doab '' opened|company3= 1915|company3details= '''Phagwara-Rahon Railway''' opened|company4= 1917|company4details= '''Jaijon Extension Railway'''opened|company5=|company5details= |company6=|company6details= |company7=|company7details= |company8=|company8details= |company9=|company9details= |company10=|company10details= |company11=|company11details= |company12=|company12details= |headquarters= |workshop= |stations= [[Jullundur]], [[Mukerian]], [[Phagwara]], [[Rahon]], [[Nawashahr]], [[Jaijon]]|system1date= 1915|system1details= Worked by by [[North Western Railway]]|system2date= later|system2details= Absorbed into [[North Western Railway]] network|system3date=|system3details= |gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 90miles (1917)|gauge2= |gauge2details=|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details= |auxillary forces= }}
Private CoThe '''Hoshiarpur Doab Railway''' was a private company (The Hoshiarpur-Doab Branch Railway Company), that opened a number of railway lines between 1915 and 1917. All these lines were worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) and were integrated into the NWR network.<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n119/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 111 ]; Retrieved 27 Feb 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Bengal_and_Assam_Behar_and_Orissa_1000568138/205 Forgotten Books "Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History" ... p.204-5.]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>* '''Jullundur-Mukerian Railway''', broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]), between Jullundur and Mukerian, 44 miles (70km), opened 1915. Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company; first section worked by NWR<ref name=name/>.* '''Phagwara-Rahon Railway''', broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]), between Phagwara and Rahon, 25 miles (40km), opened 1915. Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company; network of worked by NWR<ref name=name/>.* '''Jaijon Extension Railway''', broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]), between Nawashahr and Jaijon; 19 miles, opened 1917. Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company; worked by NWR<ref name=name/>. The lines were all worked and apparantly apparently finally absorbed by [[North Western Railway]](NWR(qv) BG network
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
{{WorkAn on-inline search of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” -ProgressSearch]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -Rly}}*'''L /F/8/19/1427 ''' “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways Company Limited, Indenture between the parties; 1917*'''L/F/8/20/1658 ''' “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to indenture dated 21st February 1917; 1922*'''L/AG/46/34/1 ''' “Copies of agreements with the Secretary of State, including those relating to the following lines worked by the Company, 1893-1924: Larkana-Jacobabad (Sind) Light Railway; Sialkot-Narowal Railway; Upper Sind Light Railway; Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways; 1893-1924”  ==Further Information==See '''[[North Western Railway]]''' == References ==<references />
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