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The '''Jullundur-Doab Railway''', opened in 1912. Apparently this railway could have originally been been part of [[Southern Punjab Railway]](SPR) and then renamed to form the '''[[Hoshiarpur Doab Railway]]'''.
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<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n119/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government PrintingCalcutta;  page 111 ]; Retrieved 24 Jan 2016</ref>
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<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Bengal_and_Assam_Behar_and_Orissa_1000568138/205 Forgotten Books "Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History" ... p.204-5.]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
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|route= [[Jullundur]] -[[Ferozepore ]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details=  180 miles (1914)
|gauge2= 
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
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|gauge4=
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|timeline1date=  1912
|timeline1details=  [[Jullundur]] to [[Lohian Khas]],  29 miles opened
|timeline2date= 1913
|timeline2details=  [[Phillaur]] branch from [[Lohian Khas]], 39 miles opened
|timeline3date= 1914
|timeline3details= [[Lohian Khas]] to [[Ferozepore]] connected
|timeline4date=  1914
|timeline4details= [[Jullundur]] to [[Nakodar]] branch, 19 miles opened
|timeline5date=  
|timeline5details=  
|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|stations=  [[Jullundur]], [[Lohian Khas]], [[Ferozepore]],  
|system1date=
|system1details= Owned and managed by [[Southern Punjab Railway]]
|system2date=
|system2details=  Part of [[North Western Railway]] network
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|system3details=
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Two other railways were constructed as extensions to the Jullundur-Doab Railway  which  was renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway<ref name=name/> 
The '''Jullundur Doab Extension Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line constructed, worked and maintained by the  [[Southern Punjab Railway]] as part of the [[North Western Railway]] network.  
* '''[[Jullundur-Mukerian Railway]]''', metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]), 44 miles (70km), opened 1914-15.  
The first section from [[Jullundur]] opened in 1912, with direct connection to [[Ferozepore]] in 1914.  
* '''[[Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway]]''', opened after 1914.  
<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n131/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 123  ]; Retrieved 1 Mar 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Bengal_and_Assam_Behar_and_Orissa_1000568138/205 Forgotten Books "Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History" ... p.204-5.]; Retrieved  1 Mar 2016</ref>


A BG branch line, the  '''[[Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway]]''' was opened in 1914 from [[Jullundur]] to [[Nakodar]].
==Records==
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]


An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
An on-line search of the IOR records 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  23 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  1 Mar 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/17/1281 '''  “Southern Punjab Railway Company Limited, Contract as to construction of the Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway as part of the Jullundur-Doab Railway; 1913”
*'''L/F/8/17/1281 '''  “Southern Punjab Railway Company Limited, Contract as to construction of the Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway as part of the Jullundur-Doab Railway; 1913”


==Further Information==
==Further Information==
See '''[[Hoshiarpur Doab Railway]]'''
See '''[[Southern Punjab Railway]]''' and '''[[North Western Railway]]'''


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:54, 29 February 2016

Jullundur-Doab Railway
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Line of route
Jullundur -Ferozepore
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 180 miles (1914)
Timeline
1912 Jullundur to Lohian Khas, 29 miles opened
1913 Phillaur branch from Lohian Khas, 39 miles opened
1914 Lohian Khas to Ferozepore connected
1914 Jullundur to Nakodar branch, 19 miles opened
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Jullundur, Lohian Khas, Ferozepore,
System agency
Owned and managed by Southern Punjab Railway
Part of North Western Railway network
How to interpret this infobox

The Jullundur Doab Extension Railway was a broad gauge(BG) line constructed, worked and maintained by the Southern Punjab Railway as part of the North Western Railway network. The first section from Jullundur opened in 1912, with direct connection to Ferozepore in 1914. [1] [2]

A BG branch line, the Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway was opened in 1914 from Jullundur to Nakodar.

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [3] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/17/1281 “Southern Punjab Railway Company Limited, Contract as to construction of the Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway as part of the Jullundur-Doab Railway; 1913”

Further Information

See Southern Punjab Railway and North Western Railway

References