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McLeodganj Railway
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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. [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
- ↑ Wikipedia "Fazilka Railway StationRetrieved on 9 Apr 2016
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 9 Apr 2016