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


The Sind Light Railway Company Ltd was founded in Bombay in 1908 by a Bombay businessman  Sir Montague de Pomeroy Webb.
<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>
 
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>
<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]] 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 [[Marwar]] Junction. In 1909, the '''Sind Light Railway Co Ltd''' opened a line from [[Mirpurkhas]] to [[Jhudo]].
[[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==  
==Related Articles==  
[[Thar and Parkar District]]
[[Thar and Parkar District]]
==Further Information==
See '''[[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]]'''
and '''[[Mirpur Khas-Jhudo Railway]]'''


== References ==
== References ==
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[[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].

Related Articles

Thar and Parkar District

Further Information

See Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway

and Mirpur Khas-Jhudo Railway

References