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The '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway''' (SPDR) was formed from the [[Sind Railway]], the [[Punjab Railway]] and the [[Indus Flotilla]], and inherited from its constituents the unfortunate reputation as being the worst managed of the early private companies. | The '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway''' (SPDR) was formed from the [[Sind Railway]], the [[Punjab Railway]] and the [[Indus Flotilla]], and inherited from its constituents the unfortunate reputation as being the worst managed of the early private companies. | ||
==History== | |||
[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html#chrono IRFCA: Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832 - 1865)] states | |||
*1856 Sind (later Sind, Punjab and Delhi) Railway is formed, a guaranteed railway. | |||
*Early 1860s Sind and Punjab Railway is engaged in construction of a northward line from Karachi, a Lahore-Multan line, and a Lahore-Delhi line. | |||
*1861 May 13: Karachi-Kotri section of the Scinde Rly. opens to public traffic, the first section in the region that would later become Pakistan. | |||
*1862 Amritsar-Attari section completed on the route to Lahore. | |||
*1865 Sind and Punjab Railway's Multan-Lahore-Amritsar line is completed. Works begins on line from Delhi to Amritsar | |||
*1868 November: Sind, Punjab, and Delhi Railway's line towards Amritsar from Delhi (Ghaziabad) is open for traffic up to Ambala. | |||
*1870 October: Sind, Punjab, and Delhi Railway completes Amritsar-Saharanpur-Ghaziabad line, linking Punjab Railway with the EIR and providing connectivity between Multan and Delhi. | |||
== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == |