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==Background==
The following is extracted from ‘The Line and Works of the Scinde Railway’ by [[John Brunton]], 1862 Chief Resident Engineer on the Scinde Railway, 1856-62 <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=1WsEAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books ‘The Line and Works of the Scinde Railway’ by [[John Brunton]], Institution of Civil Engineers, 1862-63 Page 4]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref>
In 1849 the Government recognised the necessity of introducing railways into India and the ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’ and the ‘[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]’ were established under the Guarantee system to open up the districts having the two ports of India, [[Calcutta]] and [[Bombay]], as outlets for their produce. The success in raising capital was at once evident and attention turned to the Indus Valley route having [[Karachi|Kurrachee(Karachi)]] as its sea terminus.
The lengths of these sections were respectively :-
*‘'''[[Scinde Railway]]'''’ from [[Karachi|Kurrachee(Karachi)]] to [[Kotri|Kotree(Kotri)]], on the Indus, 108 miles/174km; *‘'''[[Indus Flotilla|Indus Steam Flotilla]]'''’ from [[Kotri|Kotree(Kotri)]] to [[Multan|Moultan(Multan)]], 570 miles/917km(this taking account of the windings of the river which is some 100 /160km miles greater than that by land); *‘'''[[Punjaub Railway]]'''’ from Punjaub Railway’ from [[Multan|Moultan(Multan)]] to [[Lahore]], 222 miles /357km and to [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]]Umritisir(Amritsar), 32 miles /51km giving 254 miles/409km;*‘'''[[Delhi Railway]]'''’ from [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]] to [[Delhi]], 300 miles/482km. Total 1,232 /1983km miles
==Later Developments==
==Further Information==
Up to 1870 see '''[[Scinde Railway]]''', '''[[Indus Flotilla|Indus Steam Flotilla]]''', '''[[Punjaub Railway]]'''
<br>1870-86 1886 see '''[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]'''<br>From 1870 1886 see '''[[North Western Railway]]'''
