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The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#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).
The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#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).
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 247]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.punjabjalandhar.info/2010/12/light-railway-of-jagadhri-cententary-in.html "Light Railway of Jagadhri"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.punjabjalandhar.info/2010/12/light-railway-of-jagadhri-cententary-in.html "Light Railway of Jagadhri"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
   
   

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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 line closed in 1950 when it stopped operations.

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