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'''Mari-Attock Railway''' | The '''Mari-Attock Railway''' opened in 1891 as part of the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) system. | ||
It was the name applied to the line from Mari Indus on the east bank of the Indus River via Daud Khel Juction to [[Attock|Attock(also named Campbellpur)]]. | |||
In fact the line comprised the ‘Daud Khel- Mari Indus Branch Line’, 6 miles(10km), opened 1892 connecting Mari Indus to Daud Khel where it joined to the‘Shershah-Campbellpur Branch Line’ . These formed parts of the ‘NWR Frontier Section’ later to become the ‘NWR Strategic Section’ | |||
At Mari Indus there was an interchange with the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) ‘[[Mari Indus Railway]]’ an NWR strategic military railway which finally became named the ‘[[Trans Indus (Kalabagh-Bannu) Railway]]’ [[Mari Indus Railway| - ''see separate page'']] | |||
==Personnel== | |||
[[Herbert Septimus Harington]] from the [[Public Works Department]] was posted to the Mari-Attock Railway in 1893, Engineer-in-Chief, promoted 1898 to Superintending Engineer and in 1904 Chief Engineer <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA514 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 514 (pdf page 477)] Retrieved on 26 May 2016</ref>. | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#Punjab_Railway_Branch_Lines_BG |’NWR Strategic Section Branch Line Network’ ]] ''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | [[Category:State Railways]] | ||