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Hoshiarpur Doab Railway

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The {{System_Railways_Infobox|image=|caption= |timeline1date= c.1915|timeline1details= Hoshiarpur-Doab Branch Railway Company formed|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |company1= |company1details= |company2= 1915|company2details= '''Jullundur-Mukerian Railway''' opened|company3= 1915|company3details= '''Phagwara-Rahon Railway''' opened|company4= 1917|company4details= '''Jaijon Extension Railway''' opened|company5=|company5details= |company6=|company6details= |company7=|company7details= |company8=|company8details= |company9=|company9details= |company10=|company10details= |company11=|company11details= |company12=|company12details= |headquarters= |workshop= |stations= [[Jullundur]], [[Mukerian]], [[Phagwara]], [[Rahon]], [[Nawashahr]], [[Jaijon]]|system1date= 1915|system1details= Worked by by [[North Western Railway]]|system2date= later|system2details= Absorbed into [[North Western Railway]] network|system3date=|system3details= |gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 90miles (1917)|gauge2= |gauge2details=|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details= |auxillary forces= }} The '''Hoshiarpur Doab Railway]] ''' was a private company (The Hoshiarpur-Doab Branch Railway Company), that opened a series number of railway lines from 1912 through to 1920between 1915 and 1917. All these lines were worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR)and were integrated into the NWR network.<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n119/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 111 ]; Retrieved 24 Jan 27 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Bengal_and_Assam_Behar_and_Orissa_1000568138/205 Forgotten Books "Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History" ... p.204-5.]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
 * '''Jullundur-Doab Railway''', opened 1912. Apparently this railway could have originally been been part of [[Southern Punjab Railway]](SPR) and then renamed to form the Hoshiarpur Doab Railway* '''Jullundur-Mukerian Railway''', metre broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_GaugeBroad_Gauge|MGBG]]), between Jullundur and Mukerian, 44 miles (70km), opened 1914-151915. Part of Jullundur-Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch RailwayCompany; which was renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railwayworked by NWR<ref name=name/>* '''Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway''', opened after 1914. Part of Jullundur-Doab Railway); renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway* '''Phagwara-Rahoa(Rahon) Railway''',metre broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_GaugeBroad_Gauge|MGBG]]), between Phagwara and Rahon, 25 miles (40km), opened 1915-16 as part of . Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Railwayand extended in 1917 Branch Railway Company; worked by a further 10 miles (16km).NWR<ref name=name/> .* '''Jaijon Extension Railway''', broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]), between Nawashahr and Jaijon; 19 miles, opened before 1920 as part of 1917. Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company; worked by NWR<ref name=name/>. The network of lines were all worked and apparently finally absorbed by [[North Western Railway]](NWR)  ''Very little information has been found – any contributions gratefully received.''BG network
==Records==
*'''L /F/8/19/1427 ''' “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways Company Limited, Indenture between the parties; 1917
*'''L/F/8/20/1658 ''' “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to indenture dated 21st February 1917; 1922
*'''L/AG/46/34/1 ''' “Copies of agreements with the Secretary of State, including those relating to the following lines worked by the Company, 1893-1924: Larkana-Jacobabad (Sind) Light Railway; Sialkot-Narowal Railway; Upper Sind Light Railway; Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways; 1893-1924”  ==Further Information==See ''Note – this may include above.'[[North Western Railway]]'''
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