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<ref>[http://www.punjabjalandhar.info/2010/12/light-railway-of-jagadhri-cententary-in.html Punjab and Jalandhar Infomation "Light Railway of Jagadhri - Centenary in 2011", 6 Dec 2010]; Retrieved 14 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.punjabjalandhar.info/2010/12/light-railway-of-jagadhri-cententary-in.html Punjab and Jalandhar Infomation "Light Railway of Jagadhri - Centenary in 2011", 6 Dec 2010]; Retrieved 14 Jan 2016</ref>
   
   
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937>[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  286 pdf 329]; Retrieved 1 Aug  2020</ref>.
The line closed in 1950 when it stopped operations.
The line closed in 1950 when it stopped operations.
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 09:59, 2 August 2020

The Jagadhri Light Railway was a privately owned enterprise (by the Raja family of Jagadhri ) named the "Jagadhri Light Railway Company Limited ".

The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) line opened in 1911 between the mainline railway station at Jagadhri(Yamunanagar) to Matka Chowk (Gaushala) in old Jagadhri town , a distance of 3 miles(5 km). [1] [2]

The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 [3].

The line closed in 1950 when it stopped operations.

Classification

Indian Railway Classification of 1926 - Class III railway system.

References