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| The '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway''' (SP&DR) was formed from the [[Sind Railway]], the [[Punjab Railway]] and the [[Indus Flotilla]], and inherited from its constituents the unfortunate reputation as being the worst managed of the early private companies.
| | #REDIRECT [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]] |
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| ==History==
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| [http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html#chrono IRFCA: Chronology of railways in India, Part 1 (1832 - 1865)] and [http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html Part 2 (1870 - 1899)] state
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| *1856 Sind (later Sind, Punjab and Delhi) Railway is formed, a guaranteed railway.
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| *Early 1860s Sind and Punjab Railway is engaged in construction of a northward line from Karachi, a Lahore-Multan line, and a Lahore-Delhi line.
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| *1861 May 13: Karachi-Kotri section of the Scinde Rly. opens to public traffic, the first section in the region that would later become Pakistan.
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| *1862 Amritsar-Attari section completed on the route to Lahore.
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| *1865 Sind and Punjab Railway's Multan-Lahore-Amritsar line is completed. Works begins on line from Delhi to Amritsar
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| *1868 November: Sind, Punjab, and Delhi Railway's line towards Amritsar from Delhi (Ghaziabad) is open for traffic up to Ambala.
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| *1870 October: Sind, Punjab, and Delhi Railway completes Amritsar-Saharanpur-Ghaziabad line, linking Punjab Railway with the EIR and providing connectivity between Multan and Delhi.
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| == Characteristics ==
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| Given its reputation in the 1860s and 1870s for discord, shady and/or inept contractors and financial irregularities, it is surprising that the SP&DR did not pass into Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) ownership sooner than 31 December 1885. After its purchase, the GoI merged the SP&DR with the [[Southern Punjab Railway]](SPR) to form the [[North Western Railway]](NWR).
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| == Records ==
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| The following is held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]] but has not been included in the index, Z/L/AG/46.
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| *L/AG/46/17/12 : Lists of staff, 1868-1869
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| ==School==
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| The Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School, Mussoorie. Refer [[Schools]]
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| ==External links==
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| [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46635642 Photograph of Eagle - Sindh Punjab & Delhi Railway Locomotive, placed in Loco Shop, Mughalpura, Lahore]. Ghilzai-panoramio.com
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