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|route= [[Karachi]] to [[Quetta]]<br>[[Karachi]] to [[Lahore]]<br>[[Lahore]] to [[Delhi]]<br>[[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 3186 miles (1905)<br>6861 miles (1947)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details= 6861 miles (1947)
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1886
|timeline1details= Formed by merger of several smaller railways, viz:<br>[[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]]<br>[[Indus Valley State Railway]]<br>[[Punjab Northern State Railway]]
|timeline2date=
|timeline2details=
|timeline4details=
|timeline5date= 1930
|timeline5details= [[Southern Punjab Railway ]] merged into NWR
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations=
|system1date= 1886
|system1details= Worked by [[North Western Railway]]State agency
|system2date=
|system2details=
|company8details= [[Southern Punjab Railway]]
|company9=
|company9details= [[Kalka-Simla Railway]]
|company10=
|company10details=
|stations= [[Amritsar]], [[Ferozepore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Meerut]], [[Multan]], [[Peshawar]], [[Quetta]], [[Rawalpindi]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Sibi]]
|system1date= 1947
|system1details= [West] [[Pakistan Railways]]
|system2date= 1947
|system2details= [[East Punjab Railway ]] (Indian Railways)
|system3date= 1952
|system3details= [[Northern Railway ]] (IR zone)
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 3890 miles (1905)
}}
The '''North-Western State Railway''' (NWR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] , the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] and the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]]..
== History ==
Later renamed the [[North Western Railway]], by 1905 it was the longest railway under one administration and it became the strategic railway of the north-wset frontier. In 1947, it became the nucleus of Pakistan's railways, with 4976 of its 6861 mileslying within the new state.
