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The [[Hoshiarpur Doab Railway]] was a private company (The Hoshiarpur-Doab Branch Railway Company), that opened a series of railway lines from 1912 through to 1920. All these lines were worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR)
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* '''Jullundur-Doab Railway''', opened 1912. Apparently this railway could have originally been been part of Southern Punjab Railway(SPR) and then renamed to form the Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
The '''Hoshiarpur Doab Railway''' was a private company (The Hoshiarpur-Doab Branch Railway Company), that opened a number  of railway lines between 1915 and 1917. All these lines were worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) and were  integrated into the NWR network.
* '''Jullundur-Mukerian Railway''', opened 1914-15. Part of Jullundur-Doab Railway;  which was renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n119/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 111 ]; Retrieved 27 Feb 2016</ref>
* '''Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway''', opened after 1914. Part of Jullundur-Doab Railway); renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Bengal_and_Assam_Behar_and_Orissa_1000568138/205 Forgotten Books "Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History" ... p.204-5.]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
* '''Phagwara-Rahoa(Rahon) Railway''', opened 1915-16 as part of Hoshiarpur Doab Railway  
* '''Jullundur-Mukerian Railway''', broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]),  between Jullundur and Mukerian,  44 miles (70km), opened 1915. Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company; worked by NWR<ref name=name/>.
* '''Jaijon Extension Railway''', opened before 1920 as part of Hoshiarpur Doab Railway  
* '''Phagwara-Rahon Railway''', broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]),  between Phagwara and Rahon,  25 miles (40km), opened 1915. Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company; worked by NWR<ref name=name/>.
* '''Jaijon Extension Railway''', broad gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]),  between Nawashahr and Jaijon; 19 miles,  opened 1917. Construction by the Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company; worked by NWR<ref name=name/>.
The lines were all worked and apparently finally absorbed by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) BG network


The network of lines were all worked and apparently finally absorbed by [[North Western Railway]](NWR)
==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]]


==External Links==
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
*http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Bengal_and_Assam_Behar_and_Orissa_1000568138/205 Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History ... p.204-5.]
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  23 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L /F/8/19/1427 '''  “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways Company Limited, Indenture between the parties; 1917
*'''L/F/8/20/1658 '''  “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to indenture dated 21st February 1917; 1922
*'''L/AG/46/34/1 '''  “Copies of agreements with the Secretary of State, including those relating to the following lines worked by the Company, 1893-1924: Larkana-Jacobabad (Sind) Light Railway; Sialkot-Narowal Railway; Upper Sind Light Railway; Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways; 1893-1924”


''Very little information has been found – any contributions gratefully received.
==Further Information==
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See '''[[North Western Railway]]'''


== References ==
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