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The '''Jind-Panipat Railway''' (JPR) was a | The '''Jind-Panipat Railway''' (JPR) was a 41 mile(66km) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line which connected [[Jind]], a station on the [[Southern Punjab Railway]] line from [[Delhi]] to [[Bhatinda]], with [[Panipat]], a station on the [[East Indian Railway]] route from Delhi north to [[Amballa]] and [[Kalka]]. The line opened in November 1916 and comprised two sections:- | ||
* ‘[[Jind-Panipat Railway|'''Jind-Panipat Railway - British Section''']]; BG, opened in 1916 as a 15 mile(24km) section of the ‘[[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]]’ from Panipat Junction to “2¾ miles from Madhuka” . The line connected to the ‘Jind-Panipat Railway - Indian State Section’, 26 miles(41km). Both sections funded by Jind State Durbar. The entire railway was originally worked by the ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’(EIR) as part of the ‘EIR System’ <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n69/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 61 pdf 69]; Retrieved 17 Sept 2020</ref>. The line was constructed by the [[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway| ‘ Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company’]] from funds supplied by the Jind Durbar. The Company was taken over by the [[Government of India ]]([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925 and the working transferred to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) on 1 Apr 1926 <ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 162, pdf 201]; Retrieved 17 Sept 2020</ref>. | |||
* ‘[[Jind-Panipat Railway|'''Jind-Panipat Railway - Indian State Section''']], earlier named the ‘Native State Section’ <ref name=Admin/>, BG, 26 miles(41km) from Jind City to “2¾ miles from Madhuka” where it connected to the ‘Jind-Panipat Railway - British Section’ 15 mile(24km). Both sections opened 1916 funded by Jind State Durbar. Originally worked by [[EIR]] , then from 1 Apr 1926 by NWR <ref name=Hist/>. | |||
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