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{{WorkLine Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Amritsar]] -in[[Patti]] -Progress[[Kasur]]|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 54 miles|gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1906 Sept |timeline1details= Amritsar -RlyTarn Taran, 15 miles, opened |timeline2date= 1906 Dec|timeline2details= Tarn Tazran - Patti, 12 miles, opened|timeline3date= 1910 Apr|timeline3details= Patti - Kasur extension, 27 miles,opened|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bengal]] |stations= [[Amritsar]], [[Patti]], [[Kasur]] |system1date= |system1details= Worked by [[North Western Railway]]|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }}
'''Amritsar-Patti Railway''' The Amritsar Patti Railway Company Limited was a Private Company incorporated on 12 April 1905. The 27 mile(43km) broad gauge([[CategoryRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) from [[Amritsar]] to [[Patti]] opened in 1906 and worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR). In 1910 the line was extended to [[Kasur]] bringing the line length to 54 Miles(86km)<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n118/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 110]; Retrieved 16 Feb 2016</ref> ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] An on-line search of the IOR records 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 16 Feb 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/F/8/18/1409''' “Amritsar Patti Railway Company Limited, Agreement modifying terms as to dates for making up accounts; 1915"*'''L/F/7/2206''' “Collection 370/50:Railways: Miscellaneous: Terms of working the Indian States Railway; purchase of the Amritsar-Patti Railway; 1934" ==Further Information==See '''[[North Western Railway]]''' == References ==
