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# | The '''Jammu–Sialkot Railway''' was a 27 mile(43 km) 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch of the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) from [[Wazirabad]], Punjab, to [[Jammu]] through [[Sialkot]]. | ||
<ref name=name>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu%E2%80%93Sialkot_Line Wikipedia “Jammu Sialkot Line”]; Retrieved on 13 Apr 2016</ref> | |||
The railway was built in 1897, and was the first railway line in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Whilst once a crucial transportation route used for trade and commerce, particularly in the sugar trade, it was abandoned after the partition of India, with a replacement line built from Pathankot to Jammu. <ref name=name/> | |||
==Records== | |||
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 12 Apr 2016</ref> | |||
gives the following:- | |||
*R/2/1061/5; “File No.54 of 1888. Railway from Sialkot to Jammu”; 1888 | |||
''This record has not been examined and may add or corroborate the information given above.'' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Indian States Railways]] | [[Category:Indian States Railways]] | ||
Revision as of 04:57, 13 April 2016
The Jammu–Sialkot Railway was a 27 mile(43 km) 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) branch of the North Western Railway(NWR) from Wazirabad, Punjab, to Jammu through Sialkot. [1]
The railway was built in 1897, and was the first railway line in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Whilst once a crucial transportation route used for trade and commerce, particularly in the sugar trade, it was abandoned after the partition of India, with a replacement line built from Pathankot to Jammu. [1]
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [2] gives the following:-
- R/2/1061/5; “File No.54 of 1888. Railway from Sialkot to Jammu”; 1888
This record has not been examined and may add or corroborate the information given above.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia “Jammu Sialkot Line”; Retrieved on 13 Apr 2016
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 12 Apr 2016