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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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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.
<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>
<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>
<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>
* '''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/>.
* '''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


* '''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
==Records==
* '''Jullundur-Mukerian Railway''', opened 1914-15. Part of Jullundur-Doab Railway;  which  was renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
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]]
* '''Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway''', opened after 1914. Part of Jullundur-Doab Railway);  renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
* '''Phagwara-Rahoa(Rahon) Railway''', opened 1915-16 as part of Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
* '''Jaijon Extension Railway''', opened before 1920 as part of Hoshiarpur Doab Railway


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


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


== References ==
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