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The '''Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway'''(DKR) Company was formed in 1889.  The line ran north from [[Delhi]] via [[Umballa]]+(Ambala) to Kalka in the Himalayan foothills where it joined the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]].  
The '''Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway'''(DKR) Company was formed in 1889.  The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line ran north from [[Delhi]] via [[Ambala|Umballa +(Ambala)+]]  to [[Kalka]] in the Himalayan foothills where there was a connection to the DKR owned [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that opened in 1903 <ref name=name/>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n68/mode/1up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 60]; Retrieved 24 Dec 2017</ref>.


The line was worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) and taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925.
Construction of the 161 mile(243km) stated in May 1889 and opened in March 1891. The BG line was initially worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n68/mode/1up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing,  Calcutta;  page 60]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020</ref>.


The DKR Company signed a contact in 1898 with GoI for the construction and working of a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from [[Kalka]] to [[Simla]]. The line was opened to traffic in 1903 and as a result of high capital cost and high maintenance cost the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company was by 1904 in severe financial crisis. The Kalka-Simla Railway was purchased by GoI in January 1906. The line was later converted to 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge.
The [[Thanesar-Kaithal Railway|'''Thanesar-Kaithal Branch''' - ''see separate page'']] ran from Kurukshetra on the DKR, 30 miles(48km), opened in Dec 1910 <ref name=Admin/>.
<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 National Archives "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Wikipedia Delhi-Kalka Line"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/cf5560ec-acde-43c8-bc60-3c70300a2f43 National Archives "Branch line from Thanesar to Kaithal". IOR/L/F/8/17/1234]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VE71IqAC0YYC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=Thanesar-Kaithal+Branch+Railway&source=bl&ots=Kqg80eSgWS&sig=mD15h4UNOdgftFsD3jCJgvbRqwA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwA2oVChMIocqV65qXyQIVhJUOCh3ugwGW#v=onepage&q=Thanesar-Kaithal%20%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Haryana: Past and Present" by Suresh K Sharma c.1912]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
The DKR Company signed a contact in 1909 with the GoI for the construction and working of the '''[[Thanesar-Kaithal Railway]]''' line. This branch was operating in 1912 making [[Kaithal]] an important trading centre. This line was worked by the EIR and taken over by the GoI in 1925.


+Note:  
Taken over by the [[Government of India ]]([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925 <ref name=GovUK>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 IOR "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9"]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020</ref> and the working transferred to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) on 1 Apr 1926 <ref>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India – Railway Department’ page  151 pdf 190]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020</ref>.


'''Umballa'''  ''is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.''


'''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in differet documents as various spellings .''  
'''Note'''
<br>+ '''Umballa'''  ''is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.''
<br>+ '''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .''


''None of these three place names appear in The Imperial Gazeteer of India 1908 which is taken to be the definitive source''
==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 name=name>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref> gives 23 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/13/945/1 '''  “Delhi Umballa Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of the Delhi Umballa Kalka Railway; 1889”
*'''L/AG/46/9'''  “Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company; 1898-1907”
*'''L/AG/46/29 '''  “Records of the India Office relating to the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway; 1889-1926”
 
==Personnel Records==
There are no Personnel Records held in the IOR
 
There are limited references in other documents:-
*[[Alexander Izat]] joined the Board of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway(DKR) Company in 1902, and also the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] Company. This in addition to being a Director of the  [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](R&KR) from 1883. He retired from India in 1904 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alexander_Izat Grace's Guide "Alexander Izat"]; Retrieved on 7 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Robert Atwell Way]], Executive Engineer from the  [[Public Works Department]] - [[State Railways]] as 'on loan to the Delhi-Amballa-Kalka Company in 1889' <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA642 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 642 (pdf page 605 )] Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>; this is confirmed by the 1890 Civil List <ref> “India  Civil List” 1890, page 41</ref>.
*[[Herbert Septimus Harington]] was Chief Engineer of the DKR and also the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] from about 1904 to 1908 <ref name=Grace>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Herbert_Septimus_Harington ‘Grace’s Guide/Inst of Mechanical Engineers Obituary 1914’ “'Herbert Septimus Harington” ] Retrieved on 21 Nov 2018</ref>.
 
==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Delhi-Kalka Line"] Wikipedia
 
==Further Information==
See [[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#BG_Lines_absorbed_into_EIR|'''East Indian Railway BG Lines Worked''']] up to 1925
<br>and [[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#Lines_worked_by_NWR_at_some_time|'''North Western Railways Lines Worked''']] from 1926


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 07:46, 15 June 2020

The Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway(DKR) Company was formed in 1889. The broad gauge(BG) line ran north from Delhi via Umballa +(Ambala)+ to Kalka in the Himalayan foothills where there was a connection to the DKR owned Kalka-Simla Railway narrow gauge(NG) line that opened in 1903 [1] [2].

Construction of the 161 mile(243km) stated in May 1889 and opened in March 1891. The BG line was initially worked by the East Indian Railway(EIR) [3].

The Thanesar-Kaithal Branch - see separate page ran from Kurukshetra on the DKR, 30 miles(48km), opened in Dec 1910 [3].

Taken over by the Government of India (GoI) in 1925 [4] and the working transferred to the North Western Railway(NWR) on 1 Apr 1926 [5].


Note
+ Umballa is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.
+ Amballa and Ambala are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the 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 [1] gives 23 references. The most important being:-

  • L/F/8/13/945/1 “Delhi Umballa Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of the Delhi Umballa Kalka Railway; 1889”
  • L/AG/46/9 “Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company; 1898-1907”
  • L/AG/46/29 “Records of the India Office relating to the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway; 1889-1926”

Personnel Records

There are no Personnel Records held in the IOR

There are limited references in other documents:-

External Links

Further Information

See East Indian Railway BG Lines Worked up to 1925
and North Western Railways Lines Worked from 1926

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016
  2. ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 60; Retrieved 24 Dec 2017
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 60; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020
  4. ↑ IOR "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9"; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020
  5. ↑ US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India – Railway Department’ page 151 pdf 190; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020
  6. ↑ Grace's Guide "Alexander Izat"; Retrieved on 7 Jul 2016
  7. ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 642 (pdf page 605 ) Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016
  8. ↑ “India Civil List” 1890, page 41
  9. ↑ ‘Grace’s Guide/Inst of Mechanical Engineers Obituary 1914’ “'Herbert Septimus Harington” Retrieved on 21 Nov 2018
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