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The | The '''Sind Light Railway Co Ltd''' was a privately owned railway opened in 1909 linking [[Mirpurkhas| Mirpurkhas(Mirpur Khas)]] south-eastwards to [[Jhudo]]. | ||
<blockquote>''Note - not to be confused with the [[Sind Railway]] Company, formed in 1854, to construct a line from Karachi to Indus; or its successor the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]].''</blockquote> | |||
[[Mirpurkhas]] became a railway junction in the early 20th century. Until 1909 there was only a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line running through the district, from Hyderabad to | The "Sind Light Railway Company Ltd" was founded in Bombay in 1908 by a Bombay businessman Sir Montague de Pomeroy Webb. | ||
<ref>[ | <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=0313322805 Google Books "The History of British India: A Chronology" by John F. Riddick, 2006 page 324]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
[[Mirpurkhas| Mirpurkhas(Mirpur Khas)]] became a railway junction in the early 20th century. Until 1909 there was only a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]](JBR),line running through the district, from [[Hyderabad]] eastward to Barmer and onward to Luni Junction. | |||
In 1909, the "Sind Light Railway Co Ltd" opened a line from Jamrao Junction near [[Mirpurkhas]] to [[Jhudo]], a length of 80 miles(81km); it became the '''[[Mirpur Khas-Jhudo Railway]]''' as a ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]](JBR) under a working agreement | |||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n197/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 189]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref>. | |||
==Related Articles== | |||
[[Thar and Parkar District]] | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]]''' | |||
and '''[[Mirpur Khas-Jhudo Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Private Railways]] | [[Category:Private Railways]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 13 December 2016
The Sind Light Railway Co Ltd was a privately owned railway opened in 1909 linking Mirpurkhas(Mirpur Khas) south-eastwards to Jhudo.
Note - not to be confused with the Sind Railway Company, formed in 1854, to construct a line from Karachi to Indus; or its successor the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway.
The "Sind Light Railway Company Ltd" was founded in Bombay in 1908 by a Bombay businessman Sir Montague de Pomeroy Webb. [1]
Mirpurkhas(Mirpur Khas) became a railway junction in the early 20th century. Until 1909 there was only a metre gauge(MG) Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway(JBR),line running through the district, from Hyderabad eastward to Barmer and onward to Luni Junction.
In 1909, the "Sind Light Railway Co Ltd" opened a line from Jamrao Junction near Mirpurkhas to Jhudo, a length of 80 miles(81km); it became the Mirpur Khas-Jhudo Railway as a (MG) branch of the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway(JBR) under a working agreement [2].