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The '''Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway'''(DKR) Company was formed in 1889.  The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line ran north from [[Delhi]] via [[Umballa]]+(Ambala) to Kalka in the Himalayan foothills where it joined the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]].  
The '''Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway'''(DKR) Company was formed in 1889.  The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line ran north from [[Delhi]] via [[Umballa]]+(Ambala) to Kalka in the Himalayan foothills where it joined the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]].  
<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 National Archives "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 National Archives "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Wikipedia Delhi-Kalka Line"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<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 69]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
<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 69]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
The line was worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) and taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925.
The line was worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) and taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925.
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'''Umballa'''  ''is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.''
'''Umballa'''  ''is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.''


'''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in differet documents as various spellings .''  
'''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .''  


''None of these three place names appear in The Imperial Gazeteer of India 1908 which is taken to be the definitive source''
''None of these three place names appear in the  [[Gazetteers#Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India|The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] 1908 which is normally taken to be the definitive source''
 
==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Delhi-Kalka Line"] Wikipedia


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:38, 10 January 2016

The Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway(DKR) Company was formed in 1889. The broad gauge(BG) line ran north from Delhi via Umballa+(Ambala) to Kalka in the Himalayan foothills where it joined the Kalka-Simla Railway. [1] [2] The line was worked by the East Indian Railway(EIR) and taken over by the Government of India(GoI) in 1925.

The DKR Company signed a contact in 1898 with GoI for the construction and working of a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) line from Kalka to Simla. The line was opened to traffic in 1903 and as a result of high capital cost and high maintenance cost the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company was by 1904 in severe financial crisis. The Kalka-Simla Railway was purchased by GoI in January 1906. The line was later converted to 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge.


+Note:

Umballa is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.

Amballa and Ambala are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .

None of these three place names appear in the The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908 which is normally taken to be the definitive source

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