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| | #Redirect [[Punjaub Railway]] |
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| The '''Punjab Railway''' was formed at the instigation of the [[Sind Railway]] to enable "the construction and working of lines in the [[Punjab]]. from [[Mooltan]] to [[Lahore]] and [[Umritser]], and thence to [[Delhi]] - total, about 490 miles. Capital - 4,000,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent on 1,500,000, the amount at present authorised to be raised." 1
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| == Characteristics ==
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| Like the Sind Railway, the Punjab Railway was built to [[broad gauge]] and was one of the original [[guaranteed railway]]s. Early on, it merged with the [[Sind Railway]] and the [[Indus Flotilla]] to form the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]].
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| == Records ==
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| Refer to the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]].
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| == External links ==
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| W P Andrew, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s5IEAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover The Punjaub Railway] (London: W H Allen, 1857).
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| == Notes ==
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| 1 "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
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