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The [['''Sind Light Railway Co Ltd|Sind Light Railway]] ''' was a privately owned railway opened in 1909 linking [[Mirpurkhas| Mirpurkhas(Mirpur Khas)]] south-eastwards to [[Jhudo]].

The <blockquote>''Note - not to be confused with the [[Sind Light Railway ]] Company Ltd was founded in Bombay , formed in 1908 by 1854, to construct a Bombay businessman Sir Montague de Pomeroy Webb.<ref>line from Karachi to Indus; or its successor the [[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=0313322805Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] The History of British India: A Chronology by John F. Riddick - 2006 page 324''</refblockquote>

The "Sind Light Railway Company Ltd" was founded in Bombay in 1908 by a Bombay businessman Sir Montague de Pomeroy Webb.<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 [[Marwar]] 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>[httphttps://wiki.fibisarchive.org/index.phpstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n197/mode/Thar_and_Parkar_District2up "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</ref>]] ==Further Information==See '''[[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]]''' and '''[[Mirpur Khas-Jhudo Railway]]'''