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The '''Jacobabad-Kashmore Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, opened in 1914-15; with a length of 76 miles linking [[Jacobabad]] to [[Kashmore]]. The railway was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR)as part of the NWR network.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n134/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 126-127]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref> This railway, also referred to as the '''Upper Sind Light Railway''', was owned the ‘ Upper Sind Light Railways Jacababad Kushmore Feeder Limited’ , a Public Company incorporated on 30 April 1913.<ref> [https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/UPPER-SIND-LIGHT-RAILWAYS-JACABABAD-KUSHMORE-FEEDER-LIMITED/U99999MH1913PTC000364 Zaubacorp Co “Upper Sind Light Railways Jacababad Kushmore Feeder Limited ”]; Retrieved on 15 Apr 2016</ref>
The railway was purchased by Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1945 and passed to Pakistan on partition.
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[https://en-gb.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315059328554077&id=285704338156243 "Railways in Indo-Pak];Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 15 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*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
*L/F/8/18/1411; “Upper Sind Light Railways, Jacobadad-Kashmore Feeder, Limited, Indenture; 29 Jul 1916
== Further Information==
See '''[[North Western Railway]]'''
==External LinksReferences ==*[http:<references //www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html IRFCA History of Railways 1914]*[https://en-gb.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315059328554077&id=285704338156243 Railways in Indo-Pak] >
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
