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Ghaziabad-Lahore Railway: Difference between revisions
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NWR ‘Ghaziabad to Lahore Mainline’ and See Also link added |
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The '''Ghaziabad-Lahore Railway''', 339 miles(546km), was part of the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]( SP&DR) until amalgamation into [[North Western Railway]](NWR) in 1886,. The line had been constructed in stages from [[Lahore]] to [[Amritsar]] in 1862 and via [[Jullunder]], [[ | The '''Ghaziabad-Lahore Railway''', 339 miles(546km), was part of the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]( SP&DR) until amalgamation into [[North Western Railway]](NWR) in 1886,. The line had been constructed in stages from [[Lahore]] to [[Amritsar]] in 1862 and via [[Jullunder]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Ambala]], and [[Meerut]] to [[Ghaziabad]] completed by 1870. | ||
In 1886 became the ‘Ghaziabad to Lahore Section’ of the NWR | In 1886 became the ‘Ghaziabad to Lahore Section’ of the NWR | ||
==NWR ‘Ghaziabad to Lahore Mainline’== | ==NWR ‘Ghaziabad to Lahore Mainline’== | ||
The section of the NWR mainline 339 miles(546km), was part of the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]( SP&DR) until amalgamation into NWR in 1886,. The line had been constructed in stages from [[Lahore]] to [[Amritsar]] in 1862 and via [[Jullunder]], [[ | The section of the NWR mainline 339 miles(546km), was part of the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]( SP&DR) until amalgamation into NWR in 1886,. The line had been constructed in stages from [[Lahore]] to [[Amritsar]] in 1862 and via [[Jullunder]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Ambala]], and [[Meerut]] to [[Ghaziabad]] completed by 1870. | ||
**[[Amritsar-Pathankot Railway| ‘Pathankot Branch Line’]], 67 miles(107km), a branch from [[Amritsar]] via Dinanager to [[Pathankot]], opened 1884 by SP&DR, became NWR from 1886. | **[[Amritsar-Pathankot Railway| ‘Pathankot Branch Line’]], 67 miles(107km), a branch from [[Amritsar]] via Dinanager to [[Pathankot]], opened 1884 by SP&DR, became NWR from 1886. | ||