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Main-Finally the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]] opened the line section constructed before 1882 in stages from 1868 and worked by from 1886 became [[North Western Railway]] (NWR(qv). '''NWR Lahore-Peshawar Mainline'''
{{Work==NWR Lahore-Peshawar Mainline== *[[Lahore & Peshawar Railway| ‘Lahore to Peshawar Section’]], 288 miles (463km), was the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]] until amalgamation into NWR in1886. The first section from [[Lahore]] to [[Jhelum]], opened 1873 as metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and converted to BG, 1878; from [[Jhelum]] via [[Rawalpindi]] the onward connection to [[Peshawar]], was made in 1883 with the completion of the [[Attock Bridge]] over the river Indus. **‘Tawi Branch Line’, was completed in 1890. The 26 miles(42km) from [[Wazirabad]] (a town on the [[Lahore & Peshawar Railway| ‘Lahore to Peshawar Section’]], to [[Sialkot]], opened 1884 by PNSR . Extended by NWR in 1890 by 9 miles(14km) to the ‘Frontier of Kashmir State’ where the [[Jammu and Kashmir Railway]] continued the railway a further 16 miles(26km) to the ‘Left Bank of the Tawi River near [[Jammu]]’. The 25 mile(40km)section is in some records referred to as the [[Jammu-Sialkot Railway]]. The complete line from [[Wazirabad]] to [[Jammu]], a total of 51 miles(82km) was part of the NWR network until partition when the line was severed. ''See also'' '''North Western Railway - Lines operated and worked ''' ==History==There was no further progress until 1866 when the military logistics of the Punjab was being considered. A letter <ref> Mss Eur F90/27, no.32; “Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence” ; 27 Aug 1866</ref>from Cranbourne to Lawrence carries the following IOR Contents note:- ' ''..proposes to suspend work on Peshawar barracks, pending construction of Lahore-Peshawar railway, and in view of unhealthiness of area, cost, and uncertainty regarding number of troops required to be stationed there; asks whether Peshawar valley could be held with native troops in ordinary times; Council divided whether railway should be built by Govt or Guaranteed Company;...' '' Finally, following further exchanges, as can be seen from the IOR Records, in 1868 a team of Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) appointed Engineers (see ‘Personnel’) commenced construction. Political and military debate continued even once construction had begun <ref> Mss Eur B380/4, f357; “Letter from Mayo to Argyll”; 17 May 1870</ref>as see in the IOR Contents note:- ''‘Need for early decision on gauge of Indus Valley railway line since it impinges on question whether Lahore-Peshawar line should be standard or narrow gauge; outlines arguments for narrow gauge on both these lines including military implications; asks Argyll to see Col Strachey on subject’.'' Following further exchanges, the line was constructed by the of Government of India([[Government of India]](GoI). The [[Punjab Northern State Railway]](PNSR) was created in 1870-71 to construct and operate the railway from Lahore to Peshawar. Several major bridges required construction to complete the PNSR line between from [[Lahore]] and [[Peshawar]]:-*[[Jhelum Bridge]], over the River Jhelum at Jelum, started in 1871 by the British engineer [[William St. John Galwey]] and opened in 1873 *[[Alexandra Bridge]], over the River Chenab between Wazirabad and Gujraat Pakistan. Construction started in 1871; Engineer-in-Charge [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] and opened 1876 by Edward VII the King-Emperor when he was Prince of Wales.*[[Ravi Bridge]], over the River Ravi situated between Sadiq Pura, Lahore and Shahdara Bagh. The construction work on this bridge was started in 1871; Engineer-in-Charge [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] and completed in 1876.*[[Attock Bridge]], over in River Indus. Construction started 1880; Chief Engineer was [[Francis Langford O'Callaghan]]; completed 1883. The section from [[Jhelum]] to [[Rawalpindi]] , 76 miles(122km), opened 1873 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line. This was converted to MG, converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) in 1878 <ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n115/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 106 (pdf115)]; Retrieved 28 Dec 2016</ref>. The BG line from [[Lahore]] to [[Jhelum]], 103 miles(166km), opened 1878, thus taking the BG line north-eastward to [[Rawalpindi]] and reaching the Indus river in 1881. The line from [[Peshawar]] had reached the left bank of Kiarabad on the left bank of the Indus river in May 1882<ref name=Admin1918/>. [[Lahore]] and [[Peshawar]] , 468 miles(753 km), were finally connected in 1883 <ref name=Admin1918/> with the completion of the [[Attock Bridge]] over River Indus and became the '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]]''' (PNSR). The PNSR was transferred to the newly formed [[Railway Board]], becoming the first railway in India to be nationalised the under the control of the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]). Shortly after, on 1 Jan 1886, the [[Category:Railways]][[Category:State Railways]] was formed from the amalgamation of the PNSR with others. ==Personnel==Also 10 names of Engineers for year 1868 are found by ‘Search’ on IOR Records<ref name=name/> for Lahore and Peshawar Railway. These engineers were deployed from the [[Public Works Department]]:- *L/F/8/6/576; [[George James Hervey Glinn|Glinn, George James Hervey]] Engineer*L/F/8/7/632; [[Walter Kelsey|Kelsey, Walter]] Engineer*L/F/8/6/513; [[Charles Albert Bull|Bull, Charles Albert]] 4th Class Executive Engineer*L/F/8/8/753; [[Henry Francis Storey|Storey, Henry Francis]] 3rd Class Executive Engineer*L/F/8/7/637; [[Henry Lambert|Lambert, Henry]] 2nd Class Executive Engineer*L/F/8/6/571; [[Joseph Louis Gallott|Gallott, Joseph Louis]] 2nd Class Executive Engineer*L/F/8/8/752; [[James Folliott Stokes|Stokes, James Folliott]] 1st Class Executive Engineer*L/F/8/7/613; [[David Francis Hogarth|Hogarth, David Francis]] 3rd Class Executive Engineer *L/F/8/7/638; [[Henry Christopher Digges-la-Touche|Digges-la-ProgressTouche, Henry Christopher]] 2nd Class Executive Engineer == References ==<references /> ==Further Information==See '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]] ''' for information from 1868-Rly}}86.and '''[[North Western Railway]]''' from 1886
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The '''Lahore & Peshawar Railway'''in the Punjab was first surveyed in 1857-58 by deployment of a team of Engineers from the [[Sind Railway]] Company <ref> British Library Catalogue References (i) Z/E/4/31/R127; “Railways, Engineers, Sind Railway Company, Lately employed on surveys of Moultan and Amritzar to be employed to survey country between Lahore and Peshawar”; 1857-1858 and (ii) Z/E/4/31/S404; “Sind Railway Company, Recommended employment of certain engineers to survey country between Lahore and Peshawar”; 1857-1858. Both these link to File Reference IOR/E/4/848, pp1566-1570 </ref>. The construction did not proceed and years of political and military debate followed.
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