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The '''McLeodganj Railway''' extension of the [[Southern Punjab Railway]](SPR) to [[Ludhiana]] was constructed in 1905 by SPR;  later renamed '''Mandi Sadiqgan Railway''' and now in Pakistan.
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The '''McLeodganj Railway''' extension of the [[Southern Punjab Railway]](SPR) from [[Ludhiana]] was constructed in 1906 by SPR;  later renamed '''Mandi Sadiqgan Railway''' and now in Pakistan.
 
<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazilka_railway_station Wikipedia "Fazilka Railway Station]Retrieved on  9 Apr 2016</ref>
 
<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazilka_railway_station Wikipedia "Fazilka Railway Station]Retrieved on  9 Apr 2016</ref>
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The line formed part of the [[Ludhiana Extension Railway| 'Ludhiana Extension Railway' - ''see separate page'']].
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<br>Worked by the ‘[[North Western Railway]]’  up to 1929-30 then becoming  part of the ‘NWR System’
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 4 November 2020

The McLeodganj Railway extension of the Southern Punjab Railway(SPR) from Ludhiana was constructed in 1906 by SPR; later renamed Mandi Sadiqgan Railway and now in Pakistan. [1]

The line formed part of the 'Ludhiana Extension Railway' - see separate page.
Worked by the ‘North Western Railway’ up to 1929-30 then becoming part of the ‘NWR System’

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [2] gives the following:-

  • L/F/8/16/1154; “Southern Punjab Railway Company Limited, Contract as to extension railway from McLeodganj to Fazilka, Ferozepore and Ludhiana and amending contract of 13th August, 1895”; 4 Oct 1905

References

Further Information

See Southern Punjab Railway