Difference between revisions of "Sind Light Railway Co Ltd"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with "'''Sind Light Railway Co Ltd''' Sind Light Railway Company Limited formed 1908; line from Mirpurkhas to Jhudo opened 1909 {{Work-in-Progress-Rly}} Category:Railways ...") |
(Data added, links checked, Work-in-progress removed, References added) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | The [[Sind Light Railway Co Ltd|Sind Light Railway]] was a privately owned railway opened in 1909 linking [[Mirpurkhas]] to [[Jhudo]]. | |
| − | Sind Light Railway Company | + | The Sind Light Railway Company Ltd was founded in Bombay in 1908 by a Bombay businessman Sir Montague de Pomeroy Webb. |
| + | <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=0313322805] The History of British India: A Chronology by John F. Riddick - 2006 page 324<ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Mirpurkhas]] became a railway junction in the early 20th century. Until 1909 there was only a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line running through the district, from Hyderabad to Marwar Junction. In 1909, the '''Sind Light Railway Co Ltd''' opened a line from [[Mirpurkhas]] to [[Jhudo]]. | ||
| + | <ref>[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Thar_and_Parkar_District] Thar and Parkar District<ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
| − | |||
[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Private Railways]] | [[Category:Private Railways]] | ||
Revision as of 07:04, 5 December 2015
The Sind Light Railway was a privately owned railway opened in 1909 linking Mirpurkhas to Jhudo.
The Sind Light Railway Company Ltd was founded in Bombay in 1908 by a Bombay businessman Sir Montague de Pomeroy Webb. <ref>[1] The History of British India: A Chronology by John F. Riddick - 2006 page 324<ref>
Mirpurkhas became a railway junction in the early 20th century. Until 1909 there was only a metre gauge(MG) line running through the district, from Hyderabad to Marwar Junction. In 1909, the Sind Light Railway Co Ltd opened a line from Mirpurkhas to Jhudo. <ref>[2] Thar and Parkar District<ref>
