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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>[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 | '''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .'' | ||
''None of these three place names appear in The Imperial | ''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.
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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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